Evening star., 1950-10-01
Hinges on New and
Firm Unity Among
Unfettered Nations

great lesson IN my opinion. NO
nation can be an island In this
present world. There must be
unity-accept that
In the next place, we must care
fully identify those areas under
threat of subjugation by Soviet
Russia. AS far as they are con-
cerned we must draw up a plan
of action that will prevail against
either external or internal aggres-
sion. The Kremlin is working
both lines, as we know.
If we're going to work out that
kind of a program, the first front
we have to consider. paradoxically
enough, is the military front.
Without great military strength
the Kremlin will not be stopped.
We ought to make it clear to our
selves that the only purpose free
people have in building up mill
tary strength is not to wage war
but to prevent war. I think with
enough military strength we can
prevent war, and that must be our
goal. a
Terrific Assignment
The military assignment would
be to deter the Red Army of the
Kremlin or the Red Army of any
satellite from marching. in any
part of the world, where such
marching threatens world peace.
That is terrific. assignment
that the free world, at the
moment, cannot meet. There is
not enough military strength to-
day in the world to bring about.
by military strength alone, the de-
terring of aggression by the Krem-
lin. In America a1one-I don't be-
lieve we can bring our military
strength to the point where we can
carry our share of the load unless
we spend, in the next three years.
something between $125 and $3.50
billion, or roughly. $40 to $50 bill
lion a year. That is the kind of
undertaking in which we're en-
gagged. We are building strength
that will halt the Kremlin. But
there is very vast difference be-
tween building up military strength
to deter aggression and building
up the military strength to launch
aggression ourselves. If we con-
template any aggression we in
America would have to begin
thinking in terms of spending
half our national income for the
military. 81
Internal Problems
We have got to accept this un-
fortunate need of devoting much
of our resources to defense for the
next three years. It is an essen
tial part of any program of wag-
ing the peace and stopping ex-
ternal aggression. When it comes
to internal aggression. we have
to operate on four additional
fronts.
All Of us who are able to do so
must help build UP the economic
strength of those areas essential
to continued freedom in free
world and see to it that it gets
down to people. Build the
strength up to where people will
have something to live for and
something to fight for. That is an
essential part OF any program.
What has happened under the
Marshall Plan gives reason to be-
lieve that it is definitely WORTH
while.
Governments of free people, in
cluding our own. have a great job
in the political field to strengthen
the democratic processes and free
institutions everywhere.
We have another job to do, of
a different character. And that is
in all the satellite countries of
Russia itself. We must hold out
to the people who love freedom
in those countries, about 80 per
cent Of the people in those coun-
tries, the hope that some day they
will be able to strike a blow for
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