Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-09-23


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such high levels that we can build
up our military strength. reduce
our debt and still see to it that
taxes are less of burden on our
people and less of throttle to
their enterprise.
Some Relief Granted.
That is why the Republican Eigh-
tieth Congress fought so hard, in
face of bitter opposition from the
present administration, to bring
about some relief from Federal in
come taxes. Over a veto, the Eigh-
tieth Congress brought some tax
relief for the people.
I can assure you that your next
administration will face this tax
problem and meet it so that the
energy and initiative of our people
will be encouraged and released.
Now, if we are to be successful
in these things, if we are to curb
the dangers of initiation and 60 on
to a higher standard OF living for
all our people, we must have two
further things. We must have a
rebirth of confidence in the in
tegrity and competence OF our ma
tional Government. That means
we must have a government In
washington which deserves our con-
fidence and which proves, in action,
that it Is honest and competent
That change will be very great
change, indeed. But it is coming
It. is coming on next January 20.
A second thing we must have Is
new unity among our people. 1
have been saying that all over this
land of ours. 1 am going to keep
on saying it until we have a gov
eminent which brings that unity to
pass. We live in troubled times.
The dangers and problems that face
us are as grave in their way as the
dangers and problems of war. 1t
is not only war that must be waged
by a united people. If we are to
prevent another war, then the
no q
united action. In peaceful world,
I am completely confident that by
sober and earnest hard work, by
working tobether, we can solve our
problems here at home. But we will
never solve them if we have to live
out our lives under the ugly over
hanging shadow of war. We can
only master the questions of swol-
len prices, debt and taxes in a world
of peace. That is why every dis
cussion of our home problems leads
inevitably to our foreign problems.
The question of whether the beet
growers of Colorado or the cattle
growers of New Mexico or the ILL
nois businessmen continue to face
increasing costs and choking taxes,
depends very largely upon events
in distant parts of the world.
Americas No. ! domestic problem
is world peace.
1t was three years ago that we
achieved a mighty victory in the
most terrible of wars. We had hoped
and prayed for a lasting peace and
believed we would find it. But we
have found no peace. Instead, we
are facing another program OF
totalitarian aggression which again
menaces our freedom and security.
The Communists have long-range
scheme. There's no secret about 1t.
The head of their government has
written it all out himself and he is
selling it. At any time, during the
last 10 years anybody, for $3.50,
could buy Stains pattern OF con-
quest. 1t tells how Communists
are to be trained to sneak into posi-
lions of power and then to use them
to liquidate their opponents by ter
rorism and by force. They are
following the book, Communists
are, the world over.
Not long ago, I saw report from
the other side of the world telling
the story of the Communist military
forces In China. One story in that
report told how the Chinese Com
munists took a Catholic missionary
and a Protestant missionary into
custody and started to beat the
Catholic priest, who was rs years
old. The younger missionary in
terceded and said, II am younger
He cannot stand it. Beat me in
stead"
Both Beaten to Death.
Neither one had information to
give, so they beat the younger man
to death, and then they went ahead
and beat the Catholic priest to
death. Yet there are some people
who actually believe the Communists
are doing some good. They never
have yet and they never will.
The danger to the peace OF the
world today lies in the fact that
the peace loving nations, weakened
by their long struggles in the wars,
are being menaced by the slick and
ruthless Communist revolutionaries.
In the face of their danger, America
is giving necessary aid to the coun-
tries of Western Europe and
trifiing, insufficient amount to
China to enable them to regain their
strength.
This aid cannot be a program Of
mere relief. In Europe it must be
the means of bringing unity. The
nations of Western Europe, together
with Western Germany, have pop
ulation almost twice as large as
that of the United States. Divided
into Is separate and weak nations,
each one is a constant invitation to
attack. But united in a strong fed
Grafton of free nations, they could be