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Robert C. Byrd: “The effort to extend the Communist domain goes on unendingly, day and night; not only in the aggressive search for…”

On the recordMarch 31, 1954
The effort to extend the Communist domain goes on unendingly, day and night; not only in the aggressive search for territory and raw materials, but also for the souls and minds of mankind. This reality we must have ever before us if we, in our day, are to do our duty in preserving liberty and passing on the institutions of free, democratic Western society to those who will come after us.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Mar 31, 1954

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Reviewing Communist aggression and the lessons of collective security.

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