Evening star., 1948-10-01
BY the As.eeiated Press


follo,Dtnq is the tert OF Coz.
Thomas E. Dewey address at the
Mormon Tabernacle here last
mtuht::
4 deeply appreciate the rare privi-
leee and honor of speaking to the
American people tonight In this
great tabernacle built for the wor-
ship of God. :
/ wish to talk with you tonight
shout our greatest domestic issue.
It is the problem Of the peace OF the
world. It is one which should only
be dealt with entirely without par
tisanship and in the highest realm
Of craftsmanship. j.
Just 10 years ago the pact OF
Mudich was signed. The wary
statesmen of honorable European
nations had let Adolph Hitler inch
his way to power until, in despera-
ton, they accepted this final, futile
act of appeasement. History may
saw that all the evil forces which
have racked this world with 10 years
of pain and suffering were let loose
Whatever the verdict of history,
there is one thing on which I am
sure you and I will all agree-there
must not be another Munich.
Prayer for Peace.
In my heart as speak to you to-
night, there is a prayer for peace.
That prayer is in the heart of every
American as the anxious eyes OF
freedom loving peoples everywhere
are turned toward Paris. There, in
the deliberations of the United Ma
tions, lies our hope that cruelty and
aggression will yield 10 the spirit OF
hrmness and justice.
For 10 tragic years we have gone
from crisis to war and back to Crisis.
Nation after nation has fallen be-
fore the steady march Of Commu-
mist aggression and tonight those OF
us who repeatedly warned that
crisis would follow continued ap-
peasement, are using our every
effort to maintain a firm but just
position in the face of new threats.
The business of statesmanship is
10 anticipate and solve international
problems before they become crises
and to solve cases before they be-
come wars. Craftsmanship is the
sum total of domestic and foreign
policies which make a country
strong enough, consistent enough
and respected enough so that 1t can
live at peace in the world.
Crisis is the failure OF statesman
ship and war is the ultimate bank
ruptcy of craftsmanship. 1t would
serve no useful purpose to recall
tonight how the Soviet has con-
ouered millions of people as result
of failures of craftsmanship. IT
does not advance our purpose to
discuss the manner in which the
Soviet has been able to PICK the
fruits of diplomatic victories tnat
were yielded up at that series OF
secret conferences eliminating IN
Potsdam.
Soviet Victories Cited.
In a series of easy victories, the
Soviet achieved domination OF the
Baltic countries, the Balkans, Po-
land, Czechoslovakia. Now she mas
moved on to similar conquests IN
the Far East. 1t serves no purpose
to review the concessions made by
our own Government to the Soviet
In Manchuria and Northern China
at the expense of the Chinese peo-
ple and without any consultation
with them.
Those things are done. the
tragedies have already occurred.
Month after month, the area OF hui
man freedom has been pressed back
and back, as Communism marched
on and on. The question is: What
lies ahead? -. - srsss.
In reading recently the memoirs
of Winston Churchill, Twas re-
minded of the views he expressed 80
vigorously when he visited me IN
Albany, concerning the events lead
ing up to World War II. was
struck again by his emphasis upon
the tragic fact that the second
World War need never have hap
pened. 1t could have been pre-
vented and should have been pre-
vented.
At a dozen points in a half dozen
years of the thirties, he reports,
the freedom-loving nations could
have stopped the piecemeal aggres-
sion which finally set the world
aflame. The naked tragedy OF 1t
all is that in those fateful years
the free nations seemed to lack
the understanding, the decision or
the leadership to do what was nee
essary until it was too late. I say
with the DEEPEST conviction; that
must not happen again.
Opposes Appeasement.
In shaping our foreign policy
from now on, I intend that we shall
continuously, unfailingly, every day
remember the lesson Of Munich.
However much we may desire peace
we cannot buy peace with appease-
ment. It always leads to greater and
greater demands on the part OF the
aggressor. In the end it can lead
only to slavery or to war. That
policy the American people will
wholeheartedly reject.
All the history of aggression, both
ancient and modern, teaches one
simple consistent lesson; the best
way for us to get along with the
Soviet leaders is to deal with them
rs strong equals and by doing SO to
restore their respect for us. We shall
deal with the Soviet as with other
nations in a spirit of friendship and
fairness, but we should make it per-
fectly plain that now or hereafter
We do not intend to be bullied or
bluffed.
1t is not too late to develop and
pursue a consistent and effective
foreign policy and to make the So
Wet understand that, just as we in
tend to deal fairly and honestly with
others, so we insist that others must
deal fairly and honestly with us.
Foreign policy is the name we give
to the principles and purposes which
ought to guide us in our dealings
with other nations.
The goal of American foreign
policy is to establish in the world a
just and lasting peace. The means
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