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Some Conditions of a Just and Lasting Peace. United Nations Council of Philadelphia, Jenkintown, PA. March 22, 1944. [1] (1944)

handle is hein.ali/hrbor605108 and id is 1 raw text is: IN11llra Drcc Lowic et the Americrn OvJ.l Lihb rt-es Upion Lunch.-on Hotel Biltnore. Fcv York Co,.- 12:30 p.m., Etury7, .bru, l?, 134.,' The progrm for this meeting t-'tL. th t S% is ;2 cD-fercnce on B-5Il of Rights In Tarlo -e all recognize tht ter reqri-rca for itz Gucc=Zf il proseclit-ion limitations on our rights es individuals which ;-ould bc improier v.hsn th9 emergency ends. But war is not a valid o::cue for the oener-2 atr'ogatlon of ! the guprantees of individuei freedom. Unless, v:hile we flght to preser-e tha rights of man we are zealous to orevent unoecissr! al-ticn of is eszential freedoms, victory may find t.-t we have tb o of liberty. The vigilpnt protection of th in iNel from., limitrtions imposed under the plea of var emergency is apr ... t, k oour ,_erIc~n Civil Liberties Union. I believe it is perfornri1g tht +LC,: vh-' eyrsr =1 cozon sense; that it is dnning the respect of t'.:e w1o, 1oring libery, rihtly ,no- that all things which re hold deer depend on vic tory --on L unconditional surrender of our enemies. If a Drimpry tns of this asociation is to protet t1he fundamrentsl rights of the individual from restrictions umiccesscD- for tCh vigorous end success- ful prosecution of the var, another primery task is to prapjre for the due pro- tection of these rights when victory is achieved. uri'ng 'orld Vt I we were under the dillusion that we did not need to preprr3 vil tahe conflict lested for the conditions which would confront us when the fighting cetse. Tis dillusion --,as a major reason for our loss of the peece though we wd won tha -er. Toicy, the

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