Speech #850156425

Truman. and Eisenhowerfive Presidentsand the battle of a proud people for freedom and dignity goes on with undiminished spirit. So it will continue until Lithuania again is free with a government chosen by the people and dedicated to the service of the people. In the dreadful years of the depression. .when all but courage and faith had been swept away. it was a young woman. daughter of emigrants from Lithuania. who abandoned a musical career that might have carried her to the heights to render her unselfish service to alleviating the suffering of a generation crushed in the debris of an atomized economy. Hers was the spirit of Lithuania. the spirit of a proud people that no tyrant can crush nor any power of evil long imprison. the spirit of a humane and proud people that will never be quieted until Lithuania again is free with a government chosen by the people and dedicated to the service of the people. Lithuanians constitute only 1 of some 200 nationalities in the Soviet prisonhouse.