Evening star., 1947-06-11
Receives Ovation
In Address Before
Ottuwu Parliament
Truman Tert ON Page A-6.
By Joseph A. Fox
Stor Stoff Correspondent

OTTAWA, June lin an his
toric setting President Truman
today told a joint session of the
Canadian Parliament that the
world goal of the United States
Government is peace with honor.
Reaffirming the Truman Doctrine
in unmistakably plain language. the
President said the United States in
tends to help those nations that
want to live in peace with their
neighbors, and govern themselves
without coercion or intimidation.
Thus, Mr.. Truman crisply summed
up American policy:
Free men everywhere know that
the purpose of the United States Is
to restore the world to health and
to re-establish conditions in which
the common people of the earth can
work out their salvation by their
own efforts.
1--WE seek a peaceful world, a
prosperous world, free world, a
world of good neighbors, living on
terms of equality and mutual re-
spect, as Canada and the United
States have lived for generations.
To Promote Recovery.
"We intend to expend our energies
and invest our substance in pro-
noting world recovery by assisting
those who are able and willing toI
make their maximum contribution
to the same cause.
1--WE intend to support those who
are determined to govern them
selves in their own way, and who
honor the right of others to do
likewise.
1--WE intend to aid those who seek
to live at peace with their neigh
bors, without coercing or being CO.
creed, without intimidating or being
intimidated.
I'VE intend to uphold those who
respect the dignity of the individual,
who guarantee him equal treatment
under law, and who allow him the
widest possible latitude to work out
his own destiny and achieve success
to the limit of his capacity.
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and loyalty with all who honestly
seek, as we do, to build better
world in which mankind can live in
peace and prosperity"
Mr.. Truman was frequently ap-I
plauded in the course of his speech,
but the loudest burst of hand-clap-I
ping and desk humping was re-
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that I'VE intend to support those
who are determined to govern them
selves in their own way-and who
honor the right of others to do
likewise"
Indicates Further Help.
In what was interpreted by many
as an indication that the s400, ,000,-
900 Greek Turkish aid program and
the $350,0O0O00 relief measure for
other devastated countries may be
followed later by support for other
countries, Mr. Truman asserted:
''At this critical hour in history, |
we of the United States are deeply
conscious of our responsibilities to
the world. We know that in this
trying period, between a war that is
over and a peace that is not yet
secure, the destitute and the op-
pressed of the earth look chiefly to
us for sustenance and support until
they can again face life with self
confidence and self-reliance.
I'VE are keenly aware that much |
depends on the internal strength. |
the economic stability and the moral
stamina of the United States. We
face this challenge with determina-
ton and confidence"
Speaks in House of Commons.
The President spoke in the House |
of Commons, with the Senate sit
ting in joint session. Just a few
days ago. in the same forum, some |
members criticized the idea of Can !
ada moving along with the United
States in an anti-Communist line |
1t was the first time President /
Of the United States had spoken in
the House, although in 1943 Presi-
dent Roosevelt spoke from the steps
there, when he was in Canada for
the first Quebec conference. The
exercises today were broadcast. After |
his appearance before Parliament,
(See TRUMAN Page A-6)