The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-06
Text Of Churchill Speech

here I speak particularly of tn.
myriad cottage or apartment
homes, where the wage-earneI
strives amid the accidents and diff
ficulties of life, to guard his wife
and children from privation anc
bring the family up in the fear Of
the Lord or upon ethical concep
tons which often play their poten,
part.
Security
ITO give security to these count.
less homes, they must be shielded
from the two gaunt marauders,
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 difficult
ties with which they cannot cope.
For them all is distorted, broken
or even ground to pulp.
Famine Stalking
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 1.-The
unestimated sum of human pain"
Our supreme task and duty is to
guard the homes Of the common
people from the horrors and niser-
les of another war. We are all
agreed on that.
Method
"Our American military col
leagues, after having proclaimed
overall strategic concept and
computed all available resources,
always proceed to the next stop,
namely the method. Here again
there is widespread agreement. A
world organization has already
been erected for the prime pur-
pose 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 it is reality and
not a sham, that it is a force for
action and not merely a frothing
OF words, that it is a true temple
OF peace, in which the shields of
many nations can some day be
hung and not merely a cockpit in
tower Of Babel. Before we cast
away the solid assurances of ma
tlonaI ornaments for self-preser-
Walton, we must be certain that our
temple is built not upon shifting
sands or quagmires, but upon the
rock. Anyone with his eyes open
can see that our path will be diff
flcult and also long, but if we per-
severe together as we did in the
two world wars-though not alas in
the interval between them-I can
not doubt that we shall achieve
our common purpose in the end,
Practical Proposal
Il have however, definite AMI
practical proposal to make for ac-
tlon. Courts and magistrates can
not function without sheriffs and
constables. The United Nations Or
ganlzatlon must Immediately begin
to be equipped with an information
al armed force. In such a matter
we can only go step by step; but
we must begin now. I propose that
each of the powers and states
should be invited to dedicate
certain number of air squadrons
to the service of the world organ.
lzatlon. These squadrons would be
trained and prepared in their own
countries but would move around
in rotation from one country to an