The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-28
TRUMAN SAYS NATION
WILL USE MIGHT TO
ATTAIN WORLD PEACE
CONTINUED from Pare one)

insidious skepticism-a loss of faith
in the effectiveness Of international
cooperation"
He recalled that there was talk
about the atomic bomb scrapping
all navies, armiesand air forces.
For the present, I think that
such talk is 100 per cent wrong"
he said. Today control of the seas
rests in the fleets Of the United
States and her Allies. There is no
substitute for them. We have
learned the bitter lesson that the
weakness of this great republic
invites men of ill-wiu to shake the
very foundations of civilization all
other the world.
Still Greatest Power
The President said that the ma
ton is demobilizing it's naval force,
but added:
when our rehabilitation is all
finished as planned, the United
States will still be the greatest
naval power on EARTH
He said that ''in addition to that
naval power, we shall still have one
of the most powerful Air Forces
in the world
''And just the other day, so that
on short notice we could mobilize
a powerful and wel-equipped land,
sea and air force, asked the Con-
gress to adopt universal training"
He said the nation needs armed
might and for four principal tasks.
He listed them as:
81. Our Army, Navy and Air
Force, in collaboration with our
Allies, must enforce the terms of
peace imposed upon our defeated
enemies.
90. We must fulfill the military
obligations which we are under
taking as a member of the United
Nations organization-to support a
lasting peace. by force if neces-
sary.
"3. We must cooperate with
other American nations to pre-
serve the territorial integrity and
political independence OF the ma
lions of the western hemisphere.
"a. In this troubled and uncer-
tain world, our military forces
must be adequate to discharge the
fundamental mission laid upon
them by the constitution of the
United States to provide for the
common defense of the United
States"
Those military tasks, the Presi-
dent said, ''a1e directed not to-
ward war-not toward conquest
but toward peace"
I'VE seek to use our military
strength solely to preserve the
peace of the world" he said. For
we now know that is the only sure
way to make our freedom secure.
In plain language, Mr.. Truman
restated the fundamentals Of
American foreign policy. They
were:
Il. We seek no territorial ex-
pansion or selfish advantage.
so. We believe in the eventual
return of sovereign rights and self
government to all peoples who
have been deprived of them by
force.
SO. We shall approve no te-ritor-
ial changes in any friendly part OF
the world unless they accord with
the freely expressed wishes Of the
people concerned.
q. We believe that all peoples
who are prepared TO- self-govern-
nent should be permitted to
choose their own form Of govern
ment by their own freely expressed
choice, without Interference rom
any foreign source. =.
IS. BY the combined and coop
erative action OF our war allies,
we shall help the defeated enemy
states establish peaceful demo
cratic governments Of their own
free choice. We shall try to attain
world in which Nazism, Facism
and military aggression cannot ex-
ist.
IS. We shall refuse to recognize
anv government imposed upon any
nation by the force Of any foreign
power. In some cases it may be
| impossible to prevent forceful I'M
nosition of such a government.
.7. We believe that all nations
should have the freedom OF the
seas and equal rights to the nav
igation of boundary rivers and wa
terways and Of rivers and water
ways which pass through more
than one country.
e8. We believe that all states
which are accepted in the society
of nations should have access on
equal terms to the trade and the
raw materials of the world.
80. We believe that the sovereign
states of the western hemisphere
without interference from OUTSIDE
the wetsern hemisphere, must
work together as good nelgnpo1s
in the solution OF their common
problems. ~ ..,a
40. We believe that full econo-
mic collaboration between all ma
tions. is essential the improve
ment of living conditions all over
the world. .:
al We shall continue to strive
the promote freedoms Of expires.
sion and freedom of religion
throughout the peace-loving areas
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