Evening star., 1950-05-10

with Canada and 10 European ma
tions in the North Atlantic treaty.
Through the mutual defense as
sistance program, we have Joined
with number of other free nations
to strengthen our common military
defense against aggression.
In the former enemy countries Of
Germany and Japan, we have been
working to restore them to the
society of free nations as rapidly as
they can build firm and reliable
democratic institutions.
| Our efforts in Germany have been
delayed by the attempts of the
Soviet Union to turn Germany into
another Communist satellite Never
theless, Western Germany has made
great progress along the road to-
ward democracy.
| In Japan, we have also seen en-
couraging progress. The Japanese
people, who have not had the same
long familiarity with democratic
ideals, are nonetheless learning the
way Va OCA4lOAAdNJ.
Asiatics Encouraged.
Elsewhere in Asia, we are encour-
aging the aspirations of the millions
of people who are striving to estab-
lish new democratic governments.
In this part of the world, we have
witnessed since the end of the war
a tremendous event in history-the
birth of great group of new ma
tions-India, Pakistan, Burma, Cey-
Ion, Indonesia, South Korea, and the
Philippines.
We welcome these new countries
into the family of nations. We can
and shall-continue to give them
support, material as well as moral,
in their struggle to maintain their
freedom.
The credit of s100 million to the
United States of Indonesia is one
type of material aid. Another type
| is the technical assistance we shall
make available to under developed
countries under the program that
has become known as Point Four.
This was approved by the Senate
last week after earlier authorization
by the House.
While our support Of the new
nations of Asia has been of real
benefit to them, we have recently
been unable to be of any assistance
at all to the people of one vast
area-China. Since the Chinese ma
tional government disintegrated and
the Chinese Communists seized
control on the mainland, the plight
of hundreds of millions of Chinese
has been tragic. Their new task
masters have been heartlessly in
different to the worst famine which
has occurred in China in 100 years.
United States Aid Blocked.
We have been working for some
time on steps which our country
might take to feed at least some
of these stricken people. The atti-
tude of the present authorities in
China has forced the withdrawal Of
American official representatives
from that country. However, there
are still a number of American re-
ligious, educational, and charitable
organizations which have repre-
sentativeS in China who might be
able to help out.
We do not know whether Ameri-
can private organizations will be
permitted by the Chinese Commu-
mist authorities to provide this as
sistance.
They have even sent to the Soviet
Union food which is desperately
needed by the Chinse people. Never
theless, we shall keep on trying to
find ways to get some food to the
Chinese people.
In Asia, and in the rest of the
world, we are trying to do far more
than to bring relief to people who
are in want. We are working, by
every means at our command, to
build the kind of world economy in
which nations can be self-sustain-
ing over the long run by their own
Economic Policies Cited.
Our world economic policies are
aimed at breaking down the bar
riers to world trade.
We believe that a high level of
trade can raise standards of living
in our own country and every other
country. This Is the purpose of our
reciprocal trade agreements pro-
gram, and it is the purpose of the
proposed international trade Or
lganiZation.
Our economic policies are also
aimed at increasing the, interna-
tional flow of investment capi-
tai. :.
All our international policies,
taken together, form a program de-
signed to strengthen and unite the
free world in its resistance to the
spread of communism.
/ say again that we have a long
task ahead. 1t may be many years
before we can be sure that commu-
nism is no longer a threat.
But those goals are clearly within
our reach. The on-Communist
nations together have two-thirds of
the worlds people and three -fourths
of the worlds productive power.
And we have much more than
mere quantity or mere strength. We
have the greatest attraction of
all-human freedom.
We can have faith that with these
qualities, and the help of the AL
mighty, we will attain a just and
lasting peace throughout the world.
A partial teTt OF President
TrumGn'S address in Cheyenne,
Wyo., yesterday follotDs::
These are still frontier days.
This Nation has never stopped
growing in wealth and strength.
1t has never stopped finding new
horizons of invention, of technology,
and of production. 1t has never
stopped blazing trails in finding bet
ter ways to use our resources for
the well-being of all the people.
These are todays frontiers.
And today's frontiers call for the
same pioneering vision, the same
resourcefulness, the same courage
that were displayed by the men and
women who challenged our geo.
graphical frontiers a century ago.
We proved in war that we have
lost none of our strength and cour-