Everything in the Polish tradition and background leads this people to reject communism and when those of Polish birth or ancestry who make up the more than 6 million now living in the United States write relatives and friends in the old country they seek to keep alive their historic thirst for freedom. An American writer recently said: The essential character of the Poles living among us has never changed. Fleeing from Impoverishment and oppression. most Polish immigrants have come to America endowed with two precious possessions. an astounding capacity for hard work and a flaming love for the freedom denied them in their homeland. PolishAmericans have played devoted roles in the securing and maintaining of American freedoms and it is proper to recall that when we entered World War I. the astounding total of 40.000 Polish names was on the roll of the first 100.000 to enlist. Last Wednesday.