The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-15
TRUMAN. PUTS FINGER UPON ROOFS
President Calls on Pan- America to Eradicate
 Poverty, Despair

1 WASff1NGION, April 15.-Presi- dent Truman called upon the American Republics today to help eradicate the poverty and despair" which breeds wars.
 Speaking at Pan American Day observance. Mir. Truman urged con- tinued hemispheric solidarity and resistance to tEe forces of reac- tion' in the atomic eras great and dangerous adventure" That tatomic) age, he told the governing board of the Pan-A -Ameri- i can Union, will either be one of complete devastation, or one in which new sources of power will tighten the labors of mankind and increase standards of living all over the worldo
 Force Agatnst Aggression The President declared in aspre- pared speech that willingness to use force, if necessary, to prevent even the threat of aggression, twill not of itself eliminate the deep causes of unrest such as those re- sponsible for two wars" Underneath tho Nazi madness were the material distress and spir- itual starvation born of povery and despair" he said
 ~The danger of war will never te completely wiped out until these economic ills which constitute the roots of war are themselves elimin- ated 10 do tbat we must achieve the kind Of life--iilateriai, cultural and spiritual-to which the peoples of this world are entitled. To that objective we must dedicate all our energies and resources"
 Democracy Key Word
 This objective, he said, is em- bodied in the word democracy" which "is the rallying cry today for free men everywhere in their struggle for a better human life.o
 Asserting democracy carries different meaning in different languages he added:
 Tt is fortunate that we Of t,lc Pan American nations do have cer- tain common, fundamental under standings of what the word de- mocracy' means.
 Despite our differences in language and cultures, we do have 6 desire to improve the weil-belng of our citizens"
 kestsr Reaction
 Declaring that the American Re- publics have repeatedly reaffirin- ed their devotion to Demoeracys ideals lin the face of constant propaganda for Nazi and Fascist doctrines" the President express ed confidence they will continue the hold stand" with which they have resisted the forces of reaction from aboard during the last decade.
 Certain political rights" he said, "are fundamental to freedorh-free speech, a free press, the right of peaceable assembly, freedom of con- science and the right of the people to choose their form of govern ment.
 Goal Ot Nations
 Tt is obvious that these goals require first of all the efforts of each nation within itself. But if we have learned anything in the last decade 1t is that no nation can stand alone. Only through genuine cooperative effort can these goals be achieved in the world at large.
 They require international CO., operation toward expanding pro- duction, increasing world trade. and developing natural resources so that all efforts to improve living stan- dards may rest upon solid ba- sis.'
 The American tradition, MT. Tru- man said. rests on the belief that the state exists for the benefit of man." and the American repub- lies have overwhelmingly rejected the false doctrine that man ex- ists for the benefit of the state.'
 He paid tribute to the part tho late President Roosevelt and former Secretary of State Cordell Hull played in building the inter-Ameri- can good neighbor policy" which he said laid the foundation for the United Nations. The U. N, he de- clared, will succeed It must suc- ceed."