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Show We're Not Afraid Regardless of when Thanksgiving- was celebrated cele-brated this year, the thoughts in the minds of the American people were along much . the same lines. At our table, the prayer was just a little longer and the heads were bowed a little lower in humbleness and in thanksgiving. There was a limited amount of laughter and merriment but we weren't afraid to laugh. There was little talk about the war, about labor strikes, or about National Defense but we weren't afraid to talk about these things. There was little talk about the beautiful snow, or the cold bleak winter ahead of us but we aren't afraid of the future. We're not afraid to throw back our heads and laugh laugh at everyone and anything; we're not afraid to sing to raise our faces to heaven and sing thanks to God; we're not afraid to criticize to accept or refuse government govern-ment policies ; we're not afraid of the cold, or of hunger; we're not afraid to say, "John L, Lewis ought to be deported," or "John L. Lewis is doing the laboring American a wonderful won-derful service"; ve're not afraid to go to church, to worship a supreme God, to preach or learn about any gospel our hearts and minds desire; we're not afraid to seek and find happiness. We Americans are not afraid for this, we can thank God! |