Evening star., 1948-10-12

partnership to the representatives
of all the American people in shap-
ing our policies.
Peace is not a Republican or a
Democratic matter. Peace with
justice and freedom rises far above
partisanship, and the policies to
bring it about must never be used
for partisan purposes. I pledge to
you that your next administration
will make the peace of the world
its foremost objective. Everything
we say and do will be to build the
peace. It will be done in the pray
erful hope that every American will
take part in the effort without re-
gard to political party.
Americas purpose in World War
II was not alone to defeat the forces
OF aggression that had been set loose
in the world. We did not send forth
our young men only to destroy an
immediate threat to our free Re-
public. We fought total war to
total victory because our whole pur-
pose was to achieve total peace.
We fought for a world where we
could live and work with other ma
tions in a new atmosphere of JUS
tice and mutual respect for the
rights of all. We wanted world
where men and women could take
counsel, not of their fears, but of
their hopes and aspirations.
The peace we sought through our
victory has not yet been achieved.
Instead, our hopes have been frus-
trated and delayed A band of
fanatic zealots is striking at the
ramparts of freedom with all means
short of war. They have already
destroyed the free governments of
IL nations.
They are using fear, falsehood,
economic and political sabotage,
mob violence and treason-all in
accordance with a mad but CAL
culated plan fashioned by the
Politburo in Moscow. There is no
doubt about it; there Is no secret
about it. 1t is all based on princi-
piles which Lenin and Stain have
advertised to the whole world.
Let me make one thing perfectly
clear. The people of the United
States have ne quarrel with the
people of the Soviet Union. Our
firm faith in the fundamental dig
nifty of man and his aspirations for
freedom gives us the deepest SYM
pathy for the oppressed Russian
people and for all oppressed peoples
who suffer today under the iron
rule of communism. We know that
they are not the authors of the
Kremlin's aggressive ambitions
They are its victims.
We Americans do not retract a
single word from the admiration
We expressed during the war for
the people Of Russia. In all that
we do we shall make every effort
to tell the people of Russia and all
those behind the iron curtain
everywhere that we believe they
too, want peace. We Americans
understand their aspirations for
freedom. We mean to live with
them in q world where the peoples
Of all lands can realize their
mutual desire for peace and progress
The leaders Of the world commu-
mist movement are ruthless, hard
headed, ambitious men. The tragedy
of our time has been that we have
had an administration that did not
understand those leaders and did
not understand the great need for
firmness and consistency in our for
eign affairs. Time and again, Amer
lea has been made to appear before
the world as fumbling giant, serv-
ing up diplomatic victories which
only whetted the appetites of men
whose appetites are worldwide.
United. Efforts for Peace.
In this fateful hour, America Is
called upon to draw to her side all
those who love liberty. The hunger
for freedom and self-respect and
human dignity knows no barriers
and no frontiers. Never before have
we needed more earnestly to make
our influence felt In the world. Never
before have we needed SO much q
strong, unified foreign policy which
is the expression of the hopes, the
aspirations and the determination
of the American people to built
peace in the world on the founda.
tions of justice.
Toward this objective our biparti-
san foreign policy is travelling the
road Of accomplishment. It has be-
come, in all truth, bipartisan peace
policy. We shall bring it to effect
i've practice in your next admins
tration. We shall pray for peace
and we shall work for peace with
strength and competence we have
50 long and so desperately needed
1t Is an endeavor to which I am
pledged. With the cooperation and
the determination of all Americans
this endeavor cannot fail. Strong
and united, we shall wage the peace
together.
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