Evening star., 1947-06-02

decentralization among the civilian
population as to eliminating strictly
military obpectives. We may expect
that a special effort would be made
to cripple or destroy our facilities
for striking back or establishing ad-
vance bases for retaliation and
ofense.
2. We might become involved in
war through the aggressive tactics
of some nation against It's neigh
bors, in a distant part of the world
which we and the United Nations
could not countenance either be-
cause of ultimate threats to world
security or because our interna-
tional conscience would not permit
us to stand passive while the rights
and liberties of others were trans
gressed. Such involvement might
come at any time.
The tactics of the aggressor would
start with political infiltration into
surrounding countries. That would
be followed by military and political
domination and, if allowed to pro-
ceed unchecked, it would spread
to every broader areas. These
tactics might be directed to the
realization of a "geopolitik" pro-
gram comparable to that under
taken by the Axis Powers and aimed
at the control of all or the greater
part of Europe and Asia. Such a
program would inevitably have as
it's final goal the humbling of the
United States, with the aggressor
pinning his hopes on the possibility
that he could increase his own over
all resources, improve his geograph-
ical position for inflicting decisive
blows upon us, and neutralize our
potential Allies before becoming en-
gagged in open war with this coun-
try. If he were permitted to carry
out this program without chal-
lenge, the enemy would, of course,
wait until he had the atomic bomb
or comparable weapon before at
tacking us directly.
Long Range View Taken.
In appraising the long-range, as
well as the immediate, danger of
war of this type, the commission
is not thinking exclusively in terms
of the tensions that are so apparent
to all of us today. We are hopeful
that the maintenance by our diplo-
matte representative of policy
of justice and firmness backed up
by ample military power will bring
about peaceful adjustment of the
problems lift in the wake of World
War II, but also as commission,
We have faced the responsibility
of reconciling idealism with reality
We are mindful, moreover, of
other dangers in a world in which
three-quarters of the people still
live in poverty and the shadows.
The people of the United States and
other peoples that share democratic
ideals are a small and shrinking
part of the earth's population.
Much of the rest of the world lacks
! freedom, food, and education. The
depressed state of the people and
their political inexperience make
them particularly vulnerable to the
spread of dictatorship. For several
generations, until wealth and cul-
ture are more equitably distributed,
our relatively high standards of liv-
ing and productivity will make us a
target of envy for these struggling
people. 1t is clear that we shall live
in dangerous world for a long
time to come, and world made
more dangerous by the fact that it
is now so small. No one can tell in
such a world where or when enc
mics of the United States will arise
| in the future.
| g. A third possible avenue of in
volvement in war would be an effort
| by a powerful nation of Europe or
Asia to gain a foothold in Latin
America. The Monroe Doctrine, and
| the Good Neighbor Policy" enunei-
ated by President Roosevelt and
carried forward by President Tru-
man, have developed unprecedented
co-operation and community of in
terest between the various nations
Of North and South America. The
invasion of any American nation
would provoke prompt military ac-
ton on our part. But invasion In