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The Pied Piper Versus Paul Revere

Destination Freedom · December 12, 1948 · 29 min · 4,174 words

The transcript of “The Pied Piper Versus Paul Revere”, an episode of Destination Freedom first broadcast December 12, 1948. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Destination Freedom plays Destination Freedom free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Yeah, I've said it before. I'll say it again. All it takes to send a town to the dogs is children, Jews, and Negroes. That's all it takes. I tell you, this country's reached the critical point when a fallen piper comes to mean more to a town than a pole revere.

If you're not one of those bleeding heart liberals, come up a little closer. I'll tell you what happened to my town. Destination Freedom. Station WMAQ presents Destination Freedom. Drawmentizations of the great democratic traditions of the Negro people.

A part of the patterns of history. And of America's own destination freedom. Today we tell the story of Albert Merritt of Martensville, Indiana. In a chapter entitled The Pride Piper vs. Paul Revere. I've said it once. I'll say it again.

Watch out for children, Jews, and Negroes. I tried to teach my townist, but the way of a savior is hard. I am Stu's of and baddie the third from good Plymouth Rockstock. All I tried to do was to keep my town lily white, like a good town ought to be.

Then, then, while I had my back turned establishing my bank business, the children sneaked in. Oh, I love children as much as you do. But these were careless about the parents. They were from across the tracks.

You know the kind I mean? They got so they just overran a place. And juvenile crime was very high. You hear those savages? They'd call across the streets as if they were miles apart. Come on, old Roy, you gang.

Well, we ain't allowed to say anything. But this was their true origin. I found you devil's keep off my fort. Mr. baddy's got big. They were like a plague of rats.

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