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Show High School News By The JOURNALISM CLASS of M. H. S. mmmm ? n i : e i ii. I ' (w --frr-" . J n'i it' ; j . . Essay Contest Speech THE AIM OF A FREE PEOPLE By Max Keeich The American citizen has more privileges than he realizes. Consider the freedom of speech, for instance, which gives a man the privilege of expressing his ideas to anyone else who will listen. He has a voice in the government and in all walks of life. Freedom of the press will give a man all the room he needs if he thinks he has a good enough idea and if he will stand behind it to the fin!;' When America was just being settled men left larger and more powerful countries to come to America where freedom of religion could be obtained. Extensive wars that left bloody battlefields have been fought to preserve all of the freedoms America offers. The main aggressor of today is Communism. It defaces every idea of Americanism and it will take a great people with great ideas to overthrow such evil thinking. |