Evening star., 1946-03-06
Text Of Churchill Speech Outlining World Security Proposal
By the Associoted Pres.

BY the Assoeioied Pres.
FULTON, Mo-, Mar. 6.-The
tert OF Winston ChurchilPs ad-
dress at Westminster College
yesterday:
I am glad to come to Westmin-
ster College this afternoon and am
complimented that you should give
me degree. The name "Westmin-
ster" Is somehow familiar to me.
seem to have heard of it before.
Indeed 1t was at Westminster that
received very large part of my
education in politics, dialectic, rhet-
oric and one or two other things.
1t is also an honor, perhaps al
most unique, for private visitor to
be introduced to an academic au-
dience by the President of the
United States. Amid his heavy bur-
dens, duties and responsibilities
unsought but not recoiled from-the
President has travelled a thousand
miles to dignity and magnify our
meeting here today and give me an
opportunity of addressing this kim
dred Nation, as well as my own
countrymen across the ocean and
perhaps some other countries, too.
The President has told you that
1t is his wish, as l am sure it is yours,
that I should have full liberty to
give my true and faithful counsel
in these anxious and battling times
I shall certainly avail myself of this
freedom and feel the more right to
do so because any private ambitions
I may have cherished in my younger
days have been satisfied beyond my
widest dreams. Let me, however
make it clear that have no official
mission or status of any kind and
that I speak only for myself I can,
therefore, allow my mind, with the
experience of lifetime, to play over
the problems which beset us on the
morrow of our absolute victory in
arms, and try to make sure that
what has been gained with so much
sacrifice and suffering shall be pre-
served for the future glory and
safety of mankind.
United States Power Cited.
The United States stands at this
time at the pinnacle of world power.
1t is solemn moment for the
American democracy. With prima-
cy in power is also joined an awe
inspiring accountability to the fu-
ture. AS you look around you, you
must feel not only the sense of duty
done but also feel anxiety lest you
fall below the level of achievement.
Opportunity is here now, clear and
shining, for both our countries. To
reject it or ignore it or fritter it
away will bring upon us all the long
reproaches of the after-time 1t is
necessary that constancy of mind
persistency of purpose and the
grand simplicity of decision shall
guide and rule the conduct of the
English-speaking peoples in peace
as they did in war. We must and
believe we shall prove ourselves
equal to this severe requirement
When American military men ap-
proach some serious situation they
are wont to write at the head of
their directive the words, Over all
strategic concept" There is wisdom
in this as it leads to clarity of
thought. What, then, is the over
all strategic concept which we
should inscribe today? 1t is nothing
less than the safety and welfare,
the freedom and progress of all the
homes and families of all the men
and women in all the lands And
here speak particularly of the
myriad cottage or apartment homes.
where the wage Garner strives amid
the accidents and difficulties of life,
to guard his wife and children from
privation and bring the family up
in the fear of the Lord or upon
ethical conceptions which often
play their potent part.
Homes Must Be Shielded.
To give security to these countless
homes they must be shielded from
the two gaunt maraudersr-war and
tyranny We all know the frightful
disturbance in which the ordinary
family is plunged when the curse of
war swoops down upon the bread
winner and those for whom he works
and contrives. The awful ruin of
Europe, with all its vanished glories,
and of large parts of Asia, glares in
our eyes. When the designs of
wicked men or the aggressive urge
of mighty states dissolve, over large
areas, the frame of civilized society
humble folk are confronted with
difficulties with which they cannot
cope. For them all is distorted,
broken or even ground to pulp.
When I stand here this quiet
afternoon I shudder to visualize
what is actually happening to mil
lions now and what is going to hap
pen in this period when famine
stalks the earth. None can COM
pute what has been called "the un-
estimated sum of human pain"
Our supreme task and duty is to
guard the homes of the common
people from the horrors and mis-
cries of another war We are all
agreed on that.
Our American military colleagues
after having proclaimed the "over-
all strategic concept" and COM
puted all available resources, al
ways proceed to the next stop,
namely the method. Here again
there is widespread agreement. A
world organization has already been
erected for the prime purpose of
preventing war UNO, the successor
of the League of Nations, with the
decisive addition of the United
States and all that that means, is
already at work We must make
sure that its work is fruitful, that
1t is a reality and not a sham, that
1t is force for action and not
merely frothing of words, that it
is true temple of peace, in which
the shields of many nations can
some day be hung and not merely
cockpit in a Tower of Babel.
Warns of Disarmament.
Before we cast away the solid
assurances of national armaments
for preservation, we must be
certain that our temple is built not
upon shifting sands or quagmires,
but upon the rock. Any one with
his eyes open can see that our path
will be difficult and also long but