Evening star., 1943-04-21

spirit which for some years has
guided your country and which
has led it to strengthen by all pos
sible means the generous systems of
equality and independence. In this
process-which owes so much to your
ability as leader - the United
States has not been obliged to seek
foreign model. In order to feel
that your true greatness is not based
upon dominance but rather upon
the respect OF Sovereignties and on
harmony under the law, it was Suffi-
cient for you to return with preci-
sion to the lesson of your greatest
heroes. Washington, jefferson and
Lincoln are present in the current
decisions of your country. And,
among your other claims to fame,
your excellency undoubtedly pos
sesses that of having inf1exibly
fought to apply to the relations be-
tween the countries of this hemi-
sphere the teachings of the famous
liberators.
Mexico will never forget your
participation in the structure of that
new American policy which. because
1t Is SO much in agreement with
our national purpose, we could with
out boastfulness proclaim as ours.
Good neighbors Good friends. That
is what We have always wished to
be for all the peoples of the earth
1t was certainly not hatred which
caused us to enter the war in which
we flpd ourselves. Nor was it a
petty interest in possible practical
advantages. We know perfectly
we'll that any struggle is strenuous
and that nothing durable can be
created without constancy in priva-
tions and without steadfastness and
severity in sacrifice. With the
same clarity we know the only con-
quests which the United Nations
will obtain will be the moral con-
quests of dignity in thought. of
autonomy in conduct and of the
overthroWing Of might by right.
And your eXcellency understands
all this especially we'll. you to whom
as the champion of the Atlantic
Charter-there is reserved a trans
cendental role in this time of un-
precedented Importance.
Machinery of Barbarism
Must Be Destroyed.
Our countries do not wish for 4
more strategic truce obtained simply
so that the world may again tomor-
fol itt l.
bition, of imperialism, of iniquity
and of sordid privilege.
We desire living together free of
the perpetual threats which derive
from those who seek supremacy.
Free from the supremacy in the do
mestic field which-as we were able
to note during the period in which
this war was prepared-led certain
elements to place their class inter-
ests above the interests, of the whole
group. And free from the suprem-
acy in the foreign field, the con-
slant results of which are violence.
death and the ruin of culture.
In order to bring about such liv-
ing together, we must above all de-
stroy the machinery of barbarlsn
constructed by the dictators. Cir
cumstances will determine for each
one Of us the degree of direct
participation in active combat which
this obliga ton may warrant. But
there is one thing which is in reach
OF all: The carrying on the fight
Immediately at home against those
evils which offend and concern us
IN others A campaign of such uni
Versal extension is not won alone in
the trenches of the enemy. 1t is
also won at home through greater
unity, through more work. through
greater production and through the
benefit of pure democracy in which
our brothers, our comrades and
even our enemies may discover
promise capable of giving to their
lives a better content.
The difficulties with which We will
be confronted will be very great. I
recognize it. However, the energies
OF the people who are fighting
against NaziFascism and the hon
esty of the statesmen who direct
them are high pledges that the faith
OF which l speak will not be de-
stroyed in the deliberation over the
peace.
In order to contribute to the work
OF the postwar period the United
States and Mexico are placed in a
situation of undeniable possibilities
and obligations. Geography has
made of us natural bridge of con-
citation between the Latin and the
Saxon cultures of the continent
II there is any place where the
thesis of the good neighborhood NAV
be proved with efficacy, it is right
mere in the juxta- position of these
lands. Our successes and our errors
Will have in the future a tremend-
Gus significance because they will
not represent only the successes or
failures of Mexico and the United
States but rather an example, a
stimulus or deception for all Amer
lea. There is our primary RESPONSE
bllity. And thus there can best be
appreciated the usefulness of these
interviews which permit us to con-