Reverend Brown's Acre

Time now is 10 o'clock. Destination Freedom Listen, it's the Freedom Bell. Hi, the Freedom Bell, my friend. And this is Paul Revere, called back from the shadows by the sound of the Freedom Bell to try again a warning that the price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

Destination Freedom is presented by Station WMAQ in the interest of human freedom the world over. Paul Revere is the symbol of warning, ready to ride down the skies to shout in the law. His destination now and forever, freedom.

Did you ever stop and look around you where as far as the eye can see there is land, acre upon acre of land. Some of it rich soil heavy with a growing seed of vegetation. Some of it dirt foundation for the cement and the stone and the steel of city buildings.

Did you ever stop from seeing that every plot of this land however small is owned by some individual or group of individuals who is benefiting by one of the great American heritage is passed down to us through the generation.

The right to own property. Each of us in America has this right. Not only to own property, but to derive the benefits they're from. This is the story of a man and his property. And of another man who covets that property.

Let us visit one of our metropolitan cities. We go through the steady stream of noisy city traffic into a massive stone skyscraper, where high up on the 23rd floor, behind a beveled glass door marked cross, enterprises incorporated, three men are talking.

Yes, and leave your plans for the new supermarket meet with my approval. With the several changes I've suggested of course, I'm glad they sent a factory mister cross. I've no reason now why we can't proceed with the construction of the building immediately.