Evening star., 1940-08-06
Hull Urges U. 5.
To Arm 10 Meet
Any Threat
Calls on People for
Sacrifice and Hard
Personal Service
(Tert OF Mr.. HuUs statement
on Page Al

BY the Associated Press.
Secretary of State Hull called on
the American people today for in
dividual sacrifice and hard per-
sonal service" to help keep the Ma
tion at peace.
Without mentioning specifically
the controversial question of con-
scription he counselled against COM
placency "in the face of terrific
problems and conditions" and de-
clared:
'The one and only sure way for
our Nation to avoid being drawn
into serious trouble or actual war
is four our people to be-
come thoroughly conscious of the
possibilities of danger, to make up
their minds that we must continue
to arm to such an extent that the
forces of conquest and ruin will not
dare make an attack on us or on
any part of this hemisphere.
ITO this end each citizen must be
ready and willing for real sacri-
fee Of time and of substance and
for hard personal service.
Serious Threats and Dangers.
"In the face of terrific problems
and conditions and until the present
serious threats and dangers have
disappeared we cannot pursue COM
placently the course of our CUSTOM
ary normal life"
Secretary Hull's views were ex-
pressed in statement prepared
before he left for a West Virginia
Mountain resort to rest from his
work at the Havana Conference OF
American Foreign Ministers, which
ended last week.
At Havana, Mr.. Hull said, it was
"agreed that full and adequate
preparations for continental defence
could not be taken too soon If the
threatened danger from abroad was
to be checked and terminated"
There was general agreement also
he said, that "if the peaceful ma
tions of Europe had thus promptly
organized themselves for self de
fense on the most effective co-opera-
tive basis, the chances are that their
situation and that of Europe would
be vastly different today"
THE vast forces of lawlessness,
conquest and destruction are still
moving across the earth like a saw
age and dangerous animal at
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tinued. by their very nature,
those forces will not stop unless
and until they recognize that there
exists unbreakable resistance.
"At Havana we forged new In
strumentalities of continental de-
fense. These will be of vast i'm
portance to our Nation and to
every American nation"
The conference adopted a reso-
luton providing that an act of ag-
gression by a non-American state
against an American state would
be considered an act against all the
countries signing the declaration.
While the resolution came from
Venezuela, it was regarded here as
a possibly useful instrument for
negotiations for United States naval
and air bases in strategic Latin
American areas.
Mr.. Hull's statement indicated all
possible speed here in carrying out
other measures adopted AZ Havana,
including those to relieve and
strengthen the economy of Latin
American countries and to check
fifth column" activities.
Agreement to Go to Senate.
The agreement creating the ma
chinery for provisional control and
administration of European colo
nies in this hemisphere which might
become sources of danger is ex-
pected to be submitted shortly to
the Senate for ratification.
Meanwhile, the United States,
acting alone or with other Ameri-
can republics, could occupy any of
the colonies at any time under the
"act of Havana"
While officials would not specu-
late on the specific circumstances
under which the United States
might take such action it was in
dicated that the Government would
await further developments in the
European war.