Elmer Holmes Davis

What America Means to Me | Feb 14, 2014

In his famous Hoosier accent. the former Office of War Information Chief boldly speaks about "Freedom of the mind".

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A call to reason in the middle of the Cold War, in this brief talk Davis criticizes the those trying to suppress freedom of speech, "from which all other freedoms spring."

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