Evening star., 1947-03-06

ployment, We must see to it that
our trade does not decline. To take ~
one OF these groups as an example:
We exported in 1916 over three bill
lion dollars worth of agricultural
products alone, mostly grain, cotton.ar,
tooacco, dairy products and eggs. -.
II we should lose substantial part .
|oI this foreign market, the incomes aet
OF over six million farm famiIiesnA
would be materially reduced and II
their buying power for the products -
OF our factories greatly curtailed.
Aims at Larger Markets. ..oH
t6) There is no intention to lsacri-
nee one group to benefit another 70
group. Negotiations will be directed 99
toward obtaining larger markets, SIX
both foreign and domestic, for the s
benefit of all. s gsa
t7l No tariff rate will be reduced ;
until an exhaustive study has been
made, until every person who wishesleA
nearing has been heard, and caresd5
ful consideration given to his case. 81
8. In every future agreementiad
there will be clause that permits So
this Government-or any other gov T
sernment-to modify or Withdraw aeq
concession If it should result, or (:
threaten to result, in serious injuryglI
to domestic industry. This is now
required by the executive order
which issued on February IS, fol- o.
lowing extensive conferences between IL
ofiicials in the Department of State 10
and majority leaders in the Senate. II
All these points-the history of as
Enlargement operations, the so
way in which negotiations are con- S,
Quoted, the protection afforded by
the safeguarding clause-should pro-
vide assurance, if assurance is need -Eol
ed, that domestic interests will not r.
be injured. .g.
The policy of reducing barriers toe
trade is settled policy of this ,
Government. 1t is embodied in the
Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, ~
fathered and administered for many ;
years by Cordell Hull 1t is reflected
in the charter of the International -
Trade Organization. 1t is one of "a
the cornerstones of our plans for
peace. 1t is policy from which 4
we cannot--and must not-turn
aside ...l st.
Warns Backers Of Isolation. Ia
To those among us-and there are
still few-who would seek to un-
dermine this policy for partisan ad- 81
vantage and go back to the period
of high tariffs and economic iso- "
lation, can say only this: Take 10
care! Times have changed. Our 70
position in the world has changed.
The temper of our people has q
changed. The slogans of 1880 or of =
1896 are sadly out of date. Isola-
tionism, after two world wars. is
confession of mental and moral
bankruptcy
Happily, our foreign economic "a
policy does not now rest upon 4
base of narrow partiSanship. Lead 4
ers in both parties have expressed Q
their faith in its essential purposes. I
Here, as elsewhere in our foreign d
relations. / shall welcome a con- a
tinuation of bipartisan support.
Our people are united. They 2
have come to a realization of their y
responsibilities. They are ready to
assume their role Of leadership.
They are determined upon an in
ternational order in which peace
and freedom shall endure.
. Peace and freedom are not easi-
ly achieved. They cannot be at
tanned by force They come from /.
mutual understanding and CO.
operation, from a willingness to
dead fairly with every friendly ma
ton in all matters-political and -
economic. Let us resolve to-. con-
tinue to do just that, now and in
the future. If other nations of the
world will do the same, we can 4
reach the goals of permanent peace
and world freedom.