Resolved, That we endorse House Resolution 270, presented by Congressman Fogarty, and we respectfully request the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives to give said resolution their unanimous approval when submitted to them for their consideration. PETER CONROY, President, DORGAN DEMANDS "FREE IRELAND"-URGES STUDY BEFORE FURTHER AID TO GREAT BRITAIN IS GRANTED (By Thomas Dorgan, clerk, Suffolk Superior Civil Court) The amendment proposed by Congressmen Fogarty, Lane, Mansfield, Keating, Dollinger, and Javits to House bill 7797 provides that before we furnish any more economical assistance to Great Britain, we should carefully examine the iron curtain in the north of Ireland which was placed there by that self-styled defender of freedom and liberty-Great Britain. The question is asked by all sincere, peace-loving, democratic people, "What is this iron curtain', we thought the Kremlin conspirators were the only ones who had an iron curtain'?" Well, it is the mutilation, or cutting up, of one of the homogenous nations in the world. Ireland was always regarded as one nation, clearly defined and bounded by the hand of God. Even before the Christian Era, Ireland was recognized as a single unit and that unit has survived for thousands of years. In 1914, at the beginning of World War I, Premier Asquith of Great Britain promised the Irish people, in return for their assistance during the war, absolute home rule at the end of the war. Great Britain took the field in World War I for the freedom of small nations. Premier Asquith said, "We are fighting to vindicate the principle that small nationalities are not to be crushed by the arbitrary will of a stronger and overmastering power." Because of Premier Asquith's pledge, 300,000 Irishmen "went to war" and over 50,000 of them were killed in battle. But, after the war was over, Ireland was given "the old harpoon" by one of the greatest quarterbacks England ever produced-Lloyd George. For instance, this was one of Lloyd George's deceptive plays. In a lateral communication by quarterback Lloyd George from the famous "T" formation, to Sir Edward Carson, a notorious British Tory from the north of Ireland, sent from Whitehall on May 29, 1916, he said, "We must make it clear that Ulster does not, whether she wills it or not, merge in the rest of Ireland." CHARTERS FLOUTED Such a statement might be expected from the Kremlin conspirators but not from the self-styled peace loving and liberty loving Great Britain. In World War II, people were led to believe that they were brought into conflict for the salvation of civilization and in behalf of liberty and democracy to vindicate the Atlantic Charter and the "four freedoms," and to maintain the freedom of small nations against an aggressor or any other tyrant. We know now that the Atlantic Charter and the "four freedoms" were just simply words. There is, at the present time, more slavery, more dictatorial rule than ever in the history of mankind. If other nations, and there have been plenty, pleaded for help from Americait was graciously given. Why, then, not Ireland's cause? We must not forget that millions of young men and women of Irish descent were led to believe when they took the field in Warld War I and World War II that liberty and freedom would be granted to all nations, whether big or small. Just imagine, even though Ireland was strictly neutral in World War II, over 275,000 Irish volunteers went into the army, navy and air force of Great Britain. No such percentage of nondrafted men offered themselves for any other country in the world. And for the information of Sir Basil Brooke, the Tory Premier for the north of Ireland who is now paving us a visit, the southern part of Ireland receive 12 Victoria Crosses from the British Government. This decoration is equivalent to our Congressional Medal of Honor. Irish heroes also received thousands of other decorations from the English Government-and this is all part of the record. It is also a matter of record that there was no conscription in the English dominated countries in the north of Ireland and the only Victoria Cross awarded in that part of the country was given to an Irishman-not a Tory. The only way to crystalize public opinion on this important resolution is to contact your Senator and Congressman by telegram or letter asking them to record themselves in favor of this bill at the hearing Friday before the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, John Kee, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. Explain in your telegram or letter that you think the flow of American taxpayer's money to Great Britain should be stopped until such time as the iron curtain in the north of Ireland is eliminated. Thomas H. Buckley, commissioner of administration at the State House and president of the American League for an Undivided Ireland, will represent Massachusetts. RESOLUTION OF THE EMMET CLUB, WOBURN, MASS. Resolved, That we, the members of the Emmet Club of Woburn, Mass., in regular meeting assembled at 371 Main Street, Woburn, Monday night, April 24, 1950, respecfully request that the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives take favorable action on House Resolution 270, submitted by Congressman Fogarty, of Rhode Island, in order that said resolution be presented to the Congress for consideration. Congressman JOHN M. KEE, JAMES WINN, President. Chairman, Foreign Relations Subcommittee, United States Congress, Washington, D. C. DEAR CONGRESSMAN KEE: I understand that there is currently pending before your committee legislation relative to the partition of Ireland. As delegate from the Massachusetts Federation of Labor to the sixty-eighth annual convention of the American Federation of Labor held in St. Paul, Minn., October 1949, I introduced the enclosed resolution condemning the partition of Ireland. This resolution was unanimously adopted by the delegates representing the 8,000,000 members of the American Federation of Labor in the United States. This action by a great labor movement was motivated by a traditional devotion to the principle of self-determination and self-government. The intolerable partition of Ireland is a source of great concern to the working men and women of this Nation. On their behalf, I strongly urge favorable action by your committee, to the end that the intercession of the United States may secure the unification of all of the people within the natural border of Ireland into one nation. Respectfully yours, KENNETH J. KELLEY, Secretary-Treasurer-Legislative Ageni. UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA, Congressman JOHN W. KEE, DISTRICT No. 1, Boston, Mass., April 25, 1950. Chairman, House Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. DEAR CONGRESSMAN KEE: At the national convention of the Congress of Industrial Organizations held in Cleveland, Ohio, the resolution was adopted condemning the continued partition of Ireland. It should be evident to all clear-thinking people that the democratic nations of the world can hardly expect the active participation of the Irish Republic in plans that are allegedly aimed at spreading the democratic way of life and condemning communism, when a section of their own nation is occupied by England by force of arms. It would appear that the American Government should do all it can to convince Britain of the necessity of rectifying this age-old injustice in an effort to create unity among all the democratic nations. Millions of American citizens of Irish descent feel very strongly on this matter and, as one of them, I urge you to do everything in your power to bring the seriousness of this matter to the attention of the Congress of the United States. Sincerely yours, District Director,District No. 1. MARTIN J. WALSH, APRIL, 25, 1950. Congressman JOHN W. KEE, Chairman, House Foreign Affairs Committee, DEAR CONGRESSMAN KEE: The National CIO at its 1949 convention unanimously passed a resolution condemning the partition of Ireland. The Boston CIO Industrial Union Council would like to call to your attention the reaffirmation of this policy, and we respectfully urge that you and your committee report favorably on the legislation that is now before you to end this intolerable situation. While we here in Boston have a predominantly Irish group, our council is composed of representatives of all creeds and races and are unanimously opposed to unfair treatment of any minority. We hope that your committee in its wisdom will take the necessary steps to clear up once and for all this unfair partition of Ireland. Sincerely yours, JOHN J. HORAN, President of the Greater Boston Industrial CIO Union Council. Hon. JOHN W. KEE, MASSACHUSETTE CATHOLIC ORDER OF FORESTERS, Chairman, House Foreign Affairs Committee, Washington, D. C. April 24, 1950. DEAR CONGRESSMAN KEE: I enclose a copy of the resolutions adopted at the last annual session of our organization advocating the ending of partition in Ireland and the establishment of a completely free and independent united Ireland. The members of our organization are unanimous in their advocacy of an undivided Ireland, knowing that a united Ireland would be a signatory member to the North Atlantic Pact and would thus strengthen the hemispherical defenses of our own Nation. We believe that a plebiscite of the people of all Ireland on the matter of a united Ireland would be a logical and democratic step and that the holding of such a plebiscite would show the true will of the Irish people for the union of their land as one completely independent and united nation. We hope that the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives will do all in its power to bring about the termination of the present unhappy condition which now transcends mere national interests. The sons and daughters of Ireland are scattered throughout the world serving well and faithfully the lands they or their ancestors adopted yet they ever remain sentimentally interested in the Emerald Isle. Very truly yours, VINCENT P. O'BRIEN, High Chief Ranger. MITCHELL CLUB-CLAN-NA GAEL, Hon. THOMAS H. BUCKLEY, Chairman, Commission of Finance, State House, Boston, Mass. DEAR SIR: At a meeting of the club held in Intercolonial Hall, Sunday, April 23, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved: We respectfully request the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National House of Representatives to act favorably and soon on the Fogarty Reso lution-House Resolution 270-which declares that the Republic of Ireland should embrace the whole of Ireland and the partition of Ireland be discontinued. Very truly yours, MORTIMER O'CONNELL, President. Mr. THOMAS H. BUCKLEY, WEST LYNN, Mass., April 25, 1950. President, American League for an Undivided Ireland, Boston Chapter. DEAR SIR: Please place on record at the hearings of the Foreign Affairs Committee the following: The Emmet Associates at this regular meeting held in Hibernian Hall, Federal Square, Lynn, Mass., April 16, voted unanimously to support Congressman Fogarty's Resolution No. 270. The body ordered the president to send a telegram to Chairman John Kee, House Foreign Affairs Committee, Washington, D. C., telling him of their action and expressing their hope that favorable action be taken by his committee when the Fogarty resolution came before them. Very truly yours, JOSEPH F. QUINN, President, Emmet Associates. THE UNIFICATION OF IRELAND (Resolution of the selectmen, Watertown, Mass.) Whereas Ireland, the ancestral home, either by birth or descent, of so many of our law-abiding and God-fearing citizens, has suffered from oppression for over 700 years, and today still is economically and unnaturally partitioned by Great Britain in a manner definitely opposed to the geographic boundaries as Almighty God planned it, surrounded only by the sea, and against the American concept of liberty for all small nations; and Whereas American citizens of Irish blood of our town, county, State, and Nation have contributed mightily to the civil, cultural, education, industrial, commercial, and religious progress and development of our great country, and in every war gave unselfishly of their time, talents, wealth, and, when necessary, suffered, and some are still suffering, sacrificed their lives in the defense of the United States of America, from the Revolutionary War down to World Wars I and II. They fought in these wars also to protect the small nations of Europe and the world from oppression by outside powerful nations; and Whereas these and all liberty-loving American citizens are still contributing of their wealth through taxes and United States bonds to the Treasury of the United States of America for the protection of small nations and to fight communism and bring peace to the world; part of this money through the so-called Marshall plan or European recovery plan is given or loaned to Great Britain for recovery purposes, and in turn a portion of this loan or grant is siphoned from the Government in London to the puppet government in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to subsidize and maintain the Northern Ireland puppet government of six of the nine counties of the Province of Ulster as the last British foothold in Ireland; and Whereas these American citizens of Irish blood are among the strongest foes of communism, through their Christianity, in this Nation of the United States of America, so too through their faith in Almighty God, among all the nations of Europe, the Republic of Ireland, in the 26 counties, stands as a bulwark against communism in Europe, and as America's only hope to find a nation in Europe free of communism today in case of war; and Whereas the town of Watertown, the county of Middlesex, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, through its citizens, have always been foremost in efforts to aid the oppressed at all times even to the extent of war: Therefore be it Resolved, That the town of Watertown, at its annual town meeting of March 21, 1949, does hereby memorialize and petition the President of the United States, Harry S. Truman, United States Senator Leverett Saltonstall, United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., and United States Congresswoman Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers to take necessary action to prevent the allocation or spending of American taxpayers' money by Great Britain to support armed forces to maintain the border or partition between the 6 northeast counties of Northern Ireland from the 26 counties of the Republic of Ireland, and further to take necessary steps to prevent the allocation or spending of American taxpayers' money by Great Britain to subsidize the puppet government in these six northeast counties of the Province of Ulster, namely, the counties of Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Fermanagh, and Tyrone; and be it further Resolved, That copies of these resolutions be sent to the President of the United States, Harry S. Truman, United States Senator Leverett Saltonstall, United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., and United States Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers, and that these resolutions be spread on the historical records of the town of Watertown, Mass. DANIEL JOSEPH CLIFFORD. I, Wilfred J. Paquet, selectman of the town of Watertown, hereby certify that the above resolution was adopted at the annual town meeting of the town of Watertown on March 21, 1949, and it appears on the records of the town clerk. WILFRED J. PAQUET. Hon. THOMAS BUCKLEY, IRISHI-AMERICAN ASSOCIATES OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY, Abington, Mass. MY DEAR MR. BUCKLEY: The above association at a special meeting held on Monday, April 17, 1950, unanimously adopted the following resolutions: "Whereas the unjust partition of Ireland is a continuing factor of disturbance and distrust to the peace of the world; and "Whereas such partition, against the will of the people of Ireland, is also against the principles of justice expressed by the Constitution of the United States of America; and "Whereas such partition is against the best interests of the people of the United States, since Ireland a divided nation cannot take its proper place in the councils of the nations of the world; and "Whereas Ireland's absence from the North Atlantic Pact weakens the military defense of the United States as therein expressed and weakens the efforts of the United States to aid in the economic recovery of all Europe; and "Whereas Ireland's absence from the United Nations, to which the United States subscribes as a member, results from the veto of Soviet Russia, due to the hostility of Ireland to communism and its evils : Be it "Resolved, That the Irish-American Associates urge the Foreign Relations Committee of the House of Representatives of the Congress to report forthwith a suitable resolution expressing the sentiment of the people of the United States against the unjust partition of Ireland and demanding a plebiscite of the people of all Ireland on the matter of the united Ireland; and be it further "Resolved, That copies of this resolution be forwarded to the Foreign Relations Committee of the House of Representatives, to the President of the United States, to the Department of State, and to the Members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation." Sincerely yours, TIMOTHY J. HOLLAND, President. RESOLUTION OF THE IRISH 32 COUNTIES ASSOCIATION INC., OF MASSACHUSETTS Whereas the unjust partition of Ireland is a continuing factor of disturbance and distrust to the peace of the world, and Whereas such partition, against the will of the people of Ireland, is also against the principles of justice expressed by the Constitution of the United States of America, and Whereas such partition is against the best interests of the people of the United States, since Ireland a divided nation cannot take its proper place in the councils of the nations of the world, and Whereas Ireland's absence from the North Atlantic Pact weakens the military defense of the United States as therein expressed and weakens the efforts of the United States to aid in the economic recovery of all Europe, and |