The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-12
CADETS LISTEN
 TO PRESIDENT
Addressed Graduates of West Point Close to
 Noon Hour

FREDERICK A. STORM
 United Press White House
 C0rrespondent)
 West Point, N. r., June 12-Presi- dent Roosevelt told graduates of the United Military Academy today that Americas desire for peace must never be mistaken for weakness"
 He explained his military expan- sion program, recalled the fate of countries that lacked adequate pro- taction, and spoke of hopes for peace, mentioning the visit of King George of Great Britain to this country as an example of good will among na- tions.
 Recently" he said, "we have had the pleasure of a visit from King George VI, as a courteous recogni- tion of the cordiality and good will which prevails between two great nations.
 Friendship Without Fear
 "Its significance lay in the fact that friendship could exist between the two countries since both were without fear. To achieve the result, strength is needed strength which comes, not from arms alone, but from restraint, understanding and cooperation which in turn are the product of trained and disciplined minds"
 He talked directly to several hun- dred youths who will in a few the army and his theme dealt with weeks become second lieutenants ln the value of an army in normal pur- suits of peace, and its assistance to the civil population.
 Machine Age Hits Armies
 "The machine age has laid its grip upon the worlds armies" he said. Technical developments have de- manded the modernizatoin of our military establishments, program that has been prosecuted vigorously during the past six years. During re- cent months international political considerations have required still greater emphasis upon the vitaliza- tion of our defense, for we have had dramatic illustrations of the fate of undefended nations"
 He said, we seek peace by honor able and pacific conduct of our in- ternational relations but that desire for peace must never be mistaken for weakness. ..
 with us," he said, "the army does not stand for aggression, domination or fear. It has become corps d'elite of highly trained men whose talent is great technical skill, whose train- ing si highly cooperative, and whose capacity is used to defend the coun- try with force when affairs require that force to be used.
 Available Against Foes
 "But it has also been made avail able to organize, to assist, and to construct, when battles have to be waged against the more impersonal foes of disaster. disease or distress" !" he continued.
 "This is sound army work: for the military strength of country can be no greater than its internal econ- omic and moral solidarity, and the task of national defense must con- cern itself with civilian problems at home, quite as much as with armed forces in the field.
 "The alterations of economic life in the past generation has almost completely changed the task which you assume today. Your predecessors. commissioned second ieutenants as short time back as ten years ago, would find many of your problems unfamiliar.
 Welfare Methods Changed
 Technical developments have transformed methods of warfare. They have require revision of tables of organization of armies, as avia- ton, motorization and mechaniza- tion become the military necessities of the day. The individual fighting plane of yesterday has been sup- planted by the cohesive squadron, the motor evhicle rumbles where once trod the weary feet of marching men, the infantry tank and cavalry com bat car chatter where formerly the dismounted soldier engaged in per- sonal combat"
 Mir. Roosevelt said that these me- chanical advances did not mean that men were submerged, but in- stead, they tended to emphasize the mems responsibilities.
 He explained that recent wars proved that the individual soldier rec mains the controlling factor. and that leadership has meaning only as it brings about cooperation.
 Learn How Others Think
 The president urged the graduating class to obtain sympathetic knowl- edge of ho wtoher mems minds work and of processes by which non-mili- tary life operates, observing that there is TO greater quality of disci- pline than the ability to recognise different technique and different processes and by persuasion and reason to bring these divergent forces into fruitful cooperation. The president planned to entrain a i sEH .z s=z fM4AI<4l f<. E1Ie t<I=.1<I<.<&