The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-20

TT should be designed to sup
port and reflect our commitments
to- the United Nations Organiza,
tion," he said. ut should be ad-
justed according to the success OF
lack of success of our diplomacy.
It should reflect our fullest knowl-
edge of the capabilities and inten-
tons of other powers. Likewise,
our foreign policy should take into
account our military capabilities
and the strategic power of our
armed forces" ~*1 ~
/ 4-The strongest means for civil
ian control of the military should
be provided. He said that such con-
troll would be strengthened if there
were only one cabinet member re.
sponsible for exercising it. He
pointed out that, under the. present
set up, civilian interests suffer
when the War and Navy secretaries
"are cast in the role of partisans
Of their respective services.
5-Air power should be given a
status equal to land and sea power.
This could be achieved in one de-
partment or in three, but not in the
present two. But one department
is infinitely more preferable
than three because three depart
ments would only further conpli-
cate every existing problem Of
coordination between the War and
NAVY Departments. /.
6-Al military authority at out
lying u. S. bases should be placed
under a single commander who
will be. clearly responsible for Sc
curity, who can be held clearly
accountable, and whose orders
come from a single authority in
Washington. In obvious reference
to. the split command which pre-.
vailed at Pearl Harbor Dec. T.
1941, Mr.. Truman noted that IRE
connaissance planes, radar sets,
and intelligence and counter-intel-
ligence measures at United
States outpost are not intended to
serve separate service for differ.
ent purposes" ..,
1.-THE nations limited resources
for scientific research should be
allocated systematically because
I'VE cannot afford to waste any OF
our scientific resources in dupli
cation of effort :'-> ...-
8-There should be consistent
and equitable personnel policies
He said this would eliminate com,
petitive recruiting and do away
with the divergent policies followed
by the Army and Navy during the
: war in promotions, awards anc
4 decorations allowances and poin1
systems for discharge.
i 9-There should be established
1.-The most advantageous frame.
work for unified system of train
ing for combined operations o.
land, sea and air.
| Apparently referring to the ad.
vent of the atomic bomb, Mr.. Tru.
man said that archaeological devel.
opments have made the armed
services much more dependent
upon each other than ever before. y
"The boundaries that once sep.
arated the Army's battlefield from
the Nays battlefield have been
virtually erased. II there is ever
going to be another global conflict,
it is sure to take place sirnultane-
ously on land and sea and in the
air, with weapons Of ever greater
speed and range. Our combat
forces must work together in one
team as they have never been re.
quired to work before"
He emphasized that no nation
now doubts the good will of the
United States for maintainance Of
a lasting peace, as evidenced by
efforts to establish an effective
United Nations Organization.
But" he said, "all nations
and particularly those unfortunate
nations which have felt the heel
of the Nazis, the Fascists or the
Japs-know that desire for peace is
futile unless there is also enough
strength ready and willing to en-
force that desire in any emerg-
ency." ....s
In an unmistakable reference to
isolationists, he said portion of
the American people "are anxious
to forget all about the war, and
particularly to forget all the I'm.
pleasant factors which are reuuir-
ed to prevent future wars"
Whether we like it or not, we
must all recognize that the victory
which we have won. has placed
upon the American people the con.
tinuing burden Of responsibility
for. world leadership"
He said the" future world peace
will depend largely upon whether
the United States shows that 1T is
really determined to continue in
ITS. role as a leader among ma.
tons and whether it is willing to
maintain the strength necessary to
act as a safeguard against any
future aggressor. ~" !.
Together with the other united
nations he went on, 1--WE must
be willing to make the sacrifices
necessary to protect the world
from future aggressive warfare. In