Mr. Speaker. the unenviable lot of the Lithuanian people in their own homeland for more than two decades has been to exist under an oppressive and arbitrary Communist dictatorship. These people had known the callous cruelty of Russias czarist regime for more than 100 years. but during that time they had found it possible at times to defy and flout the authority of their overlords. and if they found it difficult to endure the czarist yoke. then they could easily emigrate to another country. Thousands and perhaps tens of thousands of Lithuanians left their homes and settled in other countries. many of them coming to these United States. Early in 1918. the Lithuanians were freed from the czarist autocracy and proclaimed their independence.
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