Evening star., 1940-06-20
Must Err on Side
Of Safety, Stark
Tells Chamber
Dictotors Know U. S.
Plans in Advance,
Admiral Warns

"Our policy must be to err on the
side of safety where the Nation S
security is involved" Admiral Har-
old r. Stark, chief of naval oper-
ations, declared today in an address
before general session of the
United States Junior Chamber of
Commerce in the Mayf1ower Hotel.
"The relationships are forewarncd
OF our moves to strengthen defenses
and are given detailed informant tion
relative thereto by the congressional
hearings and debates which precede
all authorizations and appropTia-
tions." Admiral Stark pointed out.
I'VE get no such blueprints of plans
from them"
He characterized as "heartening"
willingness of organizations such as
the Junior Chamber to give impetus
to the national defense program but
counseled: Let us not lose that
fervor as soon as the propaganda
machines of subversive groups be-
gin their sedative chant that We
have nothing against which to arm
Delay Held Dangerous.
"A virile national spirit cannot be
maintained by an easy way of life
and a sheltered existence" Admiral
Stark said. THAT \yistence is not
now so sheltered and it may become
less so, and to delude ourselves with
wishful thinking will but prolong an
already dangerous delay in strength
ening our moral fiber"
Constantine Brown, foreign affairs
writer for The Star. warned that the
United States must be prepared to
sustain friendly regimes in Latin
America against internal totali-
tartan minded elements.
James S. Kemper, president of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States. at luncheon session warned
against war hysteria, while approx
ing national defense efforts, and
announced he would report tomor-
row to the Board of Directors of
the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States on formation~~of a
general committee on preparedness.
But business and industry can
not do its part of the job unless
Government will clear the track of
bureaucratic red tape, selfishness
and the desire for independent
action" he declared.
Trade Plan Advanced.
Pan-American cooperation in the
marketing of surplus products over
seas may offer means of advanc-
ing the economic interests of the
Western Hemisphere, Assistant Sec
retary of State Henry F. Grady
today told the convention.
Trade in the Americas, he pointed
out. might be increased by greater
diversion of production, develop
ment of unexploited resources and
the introduction of new crops to
supplant sources "in remote corners
of the earth"
A letter from President Roosevelt
was read yesterday to the conven-
ton by Perry Pipkin of Memphis,
Tenn, president of the Junior
Chamber. The Nations Chief Exec
utive expressed the hope that the
convention would make its contri-
button to the cause of national
defense" Events in the past few
months, the President said, now
demand "clear and straightforward
thinking from all of U.S."
Business Building Seminars.
Business building seminars in ac-
counting, general insurance, law.
life insurance, manufacturing, mer-
chandising, medicine, printing and
publishing, public relations, public
utilities and transportation were to
be held during the afternoon
A cruise down the Potomac River
and a barbecue supper at Marshall
Hall, Md, will entertain delegates
tonight. The cruise will begin at
$50 pm. from the Wilson Line
wharf, and the Amarillo (Tex)
Junior Chamber of Commerce, which
has been encamped at Marshall
Hall. will be the barbecue host,
offering the meat of Texas steers
shipped for the occasion,