Her state opera. ballet. and theater were a mecca for internationally famous conductors and artists. and contributed immeasurably to the culture of this ancient nation. But then in 1940 the Soviet steamroller moved into Lithuania on its road to world domination. As we speak here today there isin Lithuania a rigid censorship which prevents the rest of the world from learning of the deportations enforced by the Russians under the guise of volunteer work elsewhere. There hasbeen a systematic effortby the Soviet Union to merge Lithuania organically into the Soviet system and to exterminate the hostile native antiSoviet element by killing members of resistant groups. But this proud country has not yielded. she still fights on. and Americans of Lithuanian extraction will bow their heads in prayer on Sunday.
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