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called for war on the land of Socialism. Let us answer President Truman for his new assault against Big Three unity in sponsoring Churchill's unseemly call to war upon our brave ally—the Soviet Union. Let us rally the people of America against a World War III aimed against the Soviet Union, to preserve a tottering British Empire, and to usher in a fascist America.

Let us settle the score with all the enemies of mankind in our time and in our generation, so that our children can enjoy a happy free existence. Are you ready to carry on the traditions of Debs, Haywood, Ruthenberg? Are you ready to act in memory of Tom Mooney, Joe Hill, Sacco and Vanzetti, Frank Little, Centralia, the Everett victims, the Molly Maguires, the Haymarket martyrs, Fanny Sellins, Ella May Wiggins, and all of labor's heroes?

JOIN THE COMMUNIST PARTY

Are you ready to enlist in the cause of the people against capitalism? Then you are ready to join the Communist Party! "Rise like lions after slumber,
In unvanquished number,
Shake your chains to earth, like dew,
That in sleep have fallen on you,
Ye are many—they are few."
So sang the poet Shelly long ago.

Coal miners, steel, packing, maritime, rubber, lumber, textile, railroad workers; auto, aircraft, electrical-radio, shoe, farm equipment workers—we invite you, one and all, to join the Communist Party. We are proud of our Party, and we need fighting workers like you to deepen its ties among the people. It is a tough world! But men and women like you are strong to face the storms ahead. Come on in—it's a good life of struggle and comradeship, of high purpose and great ideals. Are you ready? THEN, JOIN THE COMMUNIST PARTY.

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