Evening star., 1945-04-16

shall, Admiral King, Gen. Ar
mold, Gen. Eisenhower, Admiral
Nimitz and Gen. Macarthur.
Direction of War to Stand
Unchanged and Unhampered.
want the entire world to
know that this direction must
and will remain-unchanged and
unhampered!
Our debt to the heroic men
and valiant women in the service
of our country can never be re-
paid. They have earned our
undying gratitude. America will
never forget their sacrifices. Be-
cause of these sacrifices, the
dawn of justice and freedom
throughout the world slowly casts
its gleam across the horizon.
Our forefathers came to our
rugged shores in search Of re-
ligious tolerance, political free
dom and economic opportunity.
For those fundamental rights
they risked their lives. We we'll
know today that such rights can
be preserved only by constant
vigilance. the eternal price Of
liberty!
Within an hour after I took
the oath of office, I announced
that the San Francisco Confer
ence would proceed. We will face
the problems of peace with the
same courage that We have faced
and mastered the problems Of
war.
In the memory of those who
, have made the supreme sacrifice
. in the memory Of our fallen
President-WE SHALL NOT
FAIL!
1t is not enough to yearn for
peace. We must work, and If
necessary, fight for it. The task
= of creating sound international
organiza ton is complicated and
difficult. Yet, without such Or
ganization, the rights of man
on earth cannot be protected.
Machinery for the just settle
ment of international differences
must be found. Without such
machinery. the entire world will
have to remain an armed camp.
The world will be doomed to
deadly conflict, devoid of hope
for real peace.
Fortunately. people have re-
tanned hope for durable peace.
Thoughtful people have always
had faith that ultimately justice
must triumph. Past experience
surely indicates that. without
justice. an enduring peace be-
comes impossible.
Hope Is Secret Weapon
OF Liberation Forces.
In bitter despair. some people
have come to believe that wars
are inevitable With tragic fatal
ism, they insist that as wars have
always been. of necessity, wars
will always be. To such defeat
ism, men and women of good will
must not and cannot yield. The
outlook for humanity is not so
hopeless.
During the darkest hours Of
this horrible war entire nations
were kept going by something in
tangible-hope! When warned
that abject submission offered
the only salvation against over
whelming power, hope showed
the way to victory.
Hope has become the secret
weapon of the forces of liberation.
Agressors could not dominate
the human mind. AS long as hope
remains, the spirit of man will
never be crushed.
But hope alone was not and IS
not sufficient to avert war. We
must not only have hope, but We
must have faith enough to work
with other peace-loving nations
to maintain the peace. Hope was
not enough to beat back the ag-
gressors as long as the peace
loving nations were unwilling to
come to each others defense.
The aggressors were beaten back
only when the peace-loving ma
tions united to defend them
selves.
If wars in the future are to be
prevented, the peace-loving ma
tions must be united in their de-
termination to keep the peace
under law. The breaking Of the
peace anywhere is the concern Of
peace-loving nations everywhere.
Nothing is more essential to the
future peace of the world than
continued cooperation of the
nations which had to muster the
force necessary to defeat the
conspiracy Of the Fascist powers
to dominate the world.
Responsibilities Of Big States
To Serve, Not Dominate.