Evening star., 1947-11-24

gram necessitates his discussion OF
imitation. That would not be true.
agree that there is vital need to
intelligently fight imitation. agree
that the subject urgently requires
congressional attention. agree
that it is an important element of
consideration in respect to any long
range, four-year relief program
which may be subsequently sub
mitted. But there are many other
far more important elements which
this is neither the time nor the
place to pursue. This pending bill,
however, is not one of them in any
significant degree.
Eternal Vigilance Required.
Certainly we must be eternally
vigilant in respect to conditions on
the home front. We could ruin the
world quicker by running America,
as prayerfully prophesied from Mos
COW, than in any other way. But
revert for just an instant to my
opening them to say that it would
be folly not to take judicial notice
of the total RECOMMENDATION which
would be necessary to save our eco
nomic system if We are ever eco
nomically isolated in Communist
world. We must keep our feet upon
the ground. But we must keep our
eyes on the horizons.
I revert to the text of the pending
bill just once more to say that, as
"realists," we recognize the changed
inf1ationary conditions in the United
States since the last relief bill was
| passed. Then we were seeking max
imum domestic expenditure of the
relief funds and required that not
more than per cent of them should
be spent abroad. Now our anxiety is
to relieve these domestic pressures
Therefore the ceiling is raised from
6 per cent to Is per cent and, in
addition, directive requires all pc
troleum under the program, so far
as practicable, to be procured else
where.
I regret that the bill does not in
clude interim aid for China. l
think it should. But there seems
to be no practical way in which
this can be initiated by Congress
1t will be heartening, however, to
note that China will be included in
subsequent plans which the State
Department is developing. =.
One other comment. Neither this
program nor its contemplated sue
eessor is a declaration of economic
war between Western and Eastern
Europe, unless Moscow persists in Its
apparent pathetically mistaken pur-
pose to make it such-to its own
everlasting detriment. There is
grievous need for the restoration OF
East-West trades and friendship in
live and let live" world.
Mr.. President, I think this bill
should promptly pass. Two
special railroad trains have beer
steaming across the broad expanse
OF our great and precious America
One is the Freedom Train" the
other is the Friendship Train"
The Freedom Train" reminds oul
people that their heritage stem!
from liberty under law; that thei1
rishest blessing is Constitution ane
Bill of Rights which protect tn,
spiritual dignity of man and the in
dependence of the citizen, and tina
there are no values in life which
could compensate us for the loss O.
these democratic privileges.
The Friendship Train" exempli.
fies the devotion of our people to thu
humanities which make most of the
world akin; demonstrates our in.
stinct, our tradition and our i'm
pulse to feed the hungry and to hea
the sick and personifies the friend
illness which is the genius Of a last
ing peace.
This bill is both a Freedom
Train" and a Friendship Train
when it reaches those for whom
these benedictions are intended.
, hope that Senators will choose tx
! ride.