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from the idea that a God-fearing citizen may lead a private life that is no concern of the Federal Government.”

It remains to be seen whether the Grand Jury will indict Mr. Rickenbacker. If it does not, the government will have tacitly conceded that it is unwilling to face an open court test of the legality of such a questionnaire as was impudently imposed upon one quarter of the nation; and Mr. Rickenbacker will have won a clear moral victory. The second possibility is that the government will fight. We are pleased to report that Rickenbacker is quite prepared to do the same. “Liberty is more often than not the prey of slow encroachments of government, rather than military disaster or evolution,” Rickenbacker answered a reporter’s question last week. From time to time individual citizens must say No to the monster State. If just the right number of us do that, often enough, liberty prevails.

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from the idea that a God-fearing citizen may lead a private life that is no concern of the Federal Government.”

It remains to be seen whether the Grand Jury will indict Mr. Rickenbacker. If it does not, the government will have tacitly conceded that it is unwilling to face an open court test of the legality of such a questionnaire as was impudently imposed upon one quarter of the nation; and Mr. Rickenbacker will have won a clear moral victory. The second possibility is that the government will fight. We are pleased to report that Rickenbacker is quite prepared to do the same. “Liberty is more often than not the prey of slow encroachments of government, rather than military disaster or evolution,” Rickenbacker answered a reporter’s question last week. From time to time individual citizens must say No to the monster State. If just the right number of us do that, often enough, liberty prevails.