Lithuanians were enslaved under Communist tyranny. When the country was overrun by the Red army. the people were terrorstricken and oppression prevailed everywhere. Then many thousands of prominent Lithuanian leaders in every walk of life were arrested. held incommunicado. put in freight cars and shipped to Asiatic Russia. Such arrests on a larger scale continued for more than a year. and by June of 1941 the number of innocent and patriotic Lithuanians arrested and exiled to eastern Russia was reported to be more than 50.000. Of this number very few have been accounted for so far. the rest still suffer in some distant part of the Soviet Union. All efforts on the part of the International Red Cross and other organizations have been of no avail. and the Soviet Government simply pays no attention to appeals made in behalf of these unfortunate Lithuanians. This is the anniversary observance of their deportation. and we again hope that in the not too distant future all Lithuanians will regain their freedom. The Four Enemies of Freedom--Commencement Day Address by Senator Hubert H. Humphrey. of Minnesota. at Brandeis University
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