Evening star., 1949-06-12

PRIME Minister Stain Is The /
when the Western Woylc Is stEug
glins with an army OF unemployed
and America begtnS 20 feel the
effect Of It's enormous exEr nditgrrs
both IN money and Tsw materials
the time Will be ripe iog Russia 10
start It's real campaign for world
rule
The cold war and the rafting of
Russian Saeers we're simply supple
mentary weapons III creating =
situation which, IN the opinion OF
/ Russian leaders. inevitably Viii
cause economic chaos and It's
consequences,
While the Soviet and satellite
press. together with Moscow = pup
| pet voices IN Western Europe and
| the United States. were cenounc~
ing the defense program OF the
United States and It's Allies IN the
Atlantic pact. the measures oeine
taken In the West actually warmed
the hearts OF those who were con-
vinced that a decision could he
hrough, about only through com
plete undermining Of economic
power,
Soviet Costs Are Low
The Soviet leaders are fulls
aware that a real rearmaTnef,'
effort In America would cost
| not $4,000 900 900. roughly the
amount appropriated IN each OF
our last Two budgets. but al least
twice as much. II does not take =
mathematical wizard 10 figure out
that a country like ours-where
the cost of maintaining a sinRle
soldier is nearly $4,000 year
cannot hope to match IN military
strength country like the
U. S. S. r.. where the upkeep OF
each draftee is one-tenth that
amount
The same thing can be said
about the cost OF equipment
planes, tanks. ammunition and
other paraphernalta. We place
our orders with private companies
which buy raw materials in the
open market. where prices are de-
termined by the law OF supply and
demand. We must pay high wages
to our workers, and private Ameri-
can companies not only must pay
high income taxes but also make
some profit.
None OF this system exists In
Sovietland, where everything and
Everybody Is regimented and the
state pays no more than 1t wants
to pay. Our defense budget Of
SIS, 900 ,000. 900 would correspond
l. II a mathematical parallel
could be established between the
two systems--to less than 81 1000, :
o00. 900 in the Soviet Union.
Sky Is the Limit
The fact Is that We are dras-
tically limited In our expenditures.
while the sky is the limit in a
totalitarian regime. where nothing
belongs TO the individual. but
everything is controlled by hand
ful OF autocratic rulers.
Five years ago Americans
stormed the beaches OF Normandy
at a high cost In human life. They
fought. recklcssly and brilliantly
the powerful army Of q totalita-
rian regime and with less than
one year from ID day they
managed 10 crush Hitier's legions
Now-fiye years later--our own
security. and possibly the Ameri-
can way Of lfe. Is threatened even
more than in the two warn in
which we joined to save democ-
racy on the other side Of the
Atlantic.
In their eagerness TO crush those
who advocated totalitarianisn our
policy makers overlooked one
fundamental factor: Democracy.
like religion. cannot be paid mere
| lip service. II must be In the
hearts of those who advocate IT..
ID must not BE- simply o dressing
for speechless and ofielai declara-
tions.
During the honeymoon between
the u. o. @. r.. and the West~a
honeymoon which started only
after one ruthless dictator. Hitler
attacked his confederate. Stalin--
we accepted the outward signs
that Russia was fighting with Us
for the sake OF democracy.
We allowed o handful Of men
who for personal or theological
reasons had become enansored Of
Communist doctrinea-~to roam
the country and extoi not only
the magnificent combat power OF
the Russians, but also the hon
esty of purpose Of the Russian
leaders. who differed from the
Nazis only in their Oriental sp-
proach TO totalitarianiEfn.
Our top Government ofnciais
closed their eyes to the ssibyersises
who insfluated our political life
because the aim OF those who
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