The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-07-07
CAPITAL
COMMENT

The development 81 the Korean
situation The Fsiiyas d re "a
tons against tie communist az
gression and The violence q The
communist assault has driven
home 10 Americans me wisdom q
the pei saf leadership Il our "a
ton = foreign affair.
Those sho nay not have fallY
realized this before nv know.
II Communist military aggres-
ION Is a deadly serious menace
10 free nations IN every section Of
TN world.
% The bipartisan unity IN cur
foreign policy that sas achieved
during and after the war is vital
factor in giving this nation the
strength il must have 10 resist
communism.
81 The sacrifices We have made
IN taking the lead IN forming and
strengthening the United Nations
and in joining with other free ma
tons in mutual efforts to resist
aud contain communism have been
veil worth while;
- Il has been made plan II
every American and To everyone
else IN the world where honest
news reporting is available 10 all.
that Soviet Russia and her com
munist satellites are the barrier ID
peace most Of the world hoped for
after World War Il;
Is The United Nations CAN be
an effective tool for peace,
~ Our action in Korea shows
that we are determined that the
United Nations WILL b. an eff
feetiye tool for peace.
The situation brought on by the
communist attack IN Korea Is a
grave one. No situation involving
warfare can be otherwise. And of
course no nation or group Of ma
tions cab have military forces of
great enough strength To stop ag-
gression Immediately stationed IN
every possible trouble spot ON the
globe.
Nor can enough "pohee forces"
be sent in few days to restore
peace to an area where crafty
and deceptive foe has spent long
months building up a strong strik-
ing force. Time and hard work
are needed to bring overwhelming
military power to any area.
On the other hand. without the
cooperative activity brought about
by our postwar international
leadership. this Nation and the
other peace-loying nations of the
world would have had to sit help
lessly by while communists wiped
South Korea from the free areas
of the globe.
hSs.se@s ~ 49, Ss.skeass r4Ataon~
and our Military Assistance pro-
gram We do not stand alone in re-
sistlng armed communist assaults.
And because of the Marshall
Plan and the North Atlantic Pact,
nations rebuilding their strength
stand with unity against any pos
sible communist military agrees
sion in the vital area of western
Europe.
These things. along with the Job
Of keeping our own defenses
strong. We're achieved by bi-parti-
san cooperation and this same BIZ
partisan cooperation must be pre-
served as we face the crucial DAYS
ahead.
Any who thought that the Ko-
rean episode would be a minor
problem now know what most
Americans realized from the start
that we will have to add To the
burdens we already bear in our
effort to achieve genuine and
just peace.
The President has taken the lead
IN strengthening the bipartisan
ship that has marked our conduct
OF foreign relations since even be-
fore World War II shooting stopp-
ed--by his appointment of Repub-
leans to key posts in foreign af-
fairs and by his meetings with
Congressional leaders of both Par
ties in connection with the prob
lens of foreign relations.
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out on dictation, and in the pre-