Evening star., 1951-10-24
Truman Hopes
U. N. Can Avert
World War III
National Guards
Told New Conflict
May End Civilization
By WiIIiom J. WheotIey

May End Civilization
By WiIIiom J. WheotIey
President Truman told the dele
gates to the annual conference of
the National Guard Association
of the United States in the May
flower Hotel today he thought
that the United Nations Charter
could be implemented without
another world conf1agration.
He said he believed that an
other world war would mean the
end of civilization, and believed
that all the people in the world
realized that.
Partial Text.
He told the delegates, National
Guard senior officers from all
parts of the country, that they
were doing a large part in help
ing to prevent a third world war.
A partial text of Mr.. Truman's
informal talk follows:
Il am most happy to be over
here again with you today. I was
here last year, and I think I told
you that my first military expert
ence was in the National Guard of
the United States, in 1905, in June
the 14th day of June, on Flag
Day. I had been 81 since the 9Th
of May of that year, and I joined
the National Guard. My father
and mother wouldn't give me per-
mission to join before I was 81,
and in those days you had to
have permission if you were under
81, because they were afraid I
would have to wear a blue uni
form.
We'll, I had to wear one, and
it was beautiful thing. 1t had
a red aiguilette over the shoulder.
1t had red stripes down the
breeches leg, and it had gold
buttons on it.
Il wore it out to see my old red
haired grandmother, who had
gone through the War Between
the States, and she looked me over
very carefully. and she said,
Harry, that's the first time since
1865 that blue uniform has been
in this house. Don't bring it here
any more.
Cooked for Soldiers.
"And you couldn't blame the old
lady for feeling like that, because
she had had to cook for a regi-
ment of Federal soldiers all
day until she wore blisters on
her fingers. and they weren't sat
isfled with that, they went down
to her barnyard-my grandfather
was in Salt Lake City, Utah, with
a wagon team-and killed 400 of
her fat hogs and just cut out the
hams and left all the rest. So
you couldn't blame her for being
a little bit disgruntled.
But in my generation, and the
ones to come, those things are all
forgotten. We are now the great
est Republic in the history of the
world, because we are united.
When it comes to doing our duty
as it is set out in the Charter
OF the United Nations, there is
no South. no North, no East, no
West-we are all together.
"And it is gentlemen in posi-
tions such as you are in, who are
willing to give of their time, and
to work for the military welfare
OF the country, that gives us a
chance to meet the necessities
with which we are now faced.
Hopes to Avert War.
ut took us more than 80 years
to find out that we have a place
in the world that we have to fill.
We were forced into it by two
World Wars. I am doing my best
to prevent a third one. And the
job that you gentlemen are doing
is contributing to the prevention
OF that third world war.
II can't tell you how very much
I appreciate your willingness to do
what you are doing. You are
working for 153 million people.
Just keep it upland one of these
days we are going to reach a
position and condition in the
world where the Charter of the
United Nations will be imple-
mented just as the Constitution
of the United States was.
you know, it took us 80 years
to make that Constitution work,
and as said awhile ago, we spent
four years whipping ourselves be-
fore we made it work completely.
I'VE can, I think, implement
that Charter without another con-
flagration, because another con-
fagration. I think, would be prac-
tically the end of civilization"
In addition to the delegates, the
rostrum was filled with high Off
cials of the Army and Air Force
and top officers from those serv-
ices. Secretary of the Army Frank
Pace attended with his Assistant
Secretary, Earl johnson. as well
as Eugene M. Zuckert, Assistant
Secretary of the Air Force.
Resolutions Passed.
Prior to and after the visit of
the President, the conference was
engaged under the direction of
Maj. Gen. E. A. Walsh, president
of the association, in passing
resolutions.
One urged that the Department
of the Army develop sound,
long-range plan for the induction
of the balance of the National
Guard into Federal srevice on a
phased basis.
Another protested the contin-
uation of policy which disre-
CARDS the integrity of National
Guard units. This violation, the
resolution said, seriously affects