Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-06-25
BY the Associated Press

TULLAHOMA,1 .efl9., julie 20.
The TeEt OF the address by
President Truman at the dedi-
cation OF the Arnold Engineering
Development Center today fol-
l01Ds:
I am glad to be here in
Tennessee to dedicate this great
tayiation development center. The
Igreat industrial progress of Ten
Inessee, and of the whole South,
makes it possible to build this key
defense installation in this area.
Ii am sure that the presence of this
Icenter here will contribute further
Ito the growth and prosperity OF
this region.
1t is most appropriate that this
center for pioneering in the
science Of flight should bear the
name of Gen. Henry H. Arnold
Hap" Arnold was a great pioneer
lin the development of our Air
Force.
He was one OF the first three
Officers In our Armed Forces to
learn to fly q plane. He won his
I first flying trophy in a Wright
lbiplane that had a 40-horsepoWef
iengine turning two propeilers by
the chain and Sprocket method
the same kind of power transmits
lsion q bicycle has.
Gen. Arnold lived to command
a mighty Air Force of 80 thousand
planes. Instead Of 40 horsepower
some Of the planes in that All
Force had 10000 horsepower. And
the power transmission system OF
some OF those planes was more
like q skyrocket than bicycle
Gen. Arnold had a lot to do with
those improvements. He knew
THAT you can't have q first-class
Air Force with second class air
lcraft. He would have been de-
lighted with this air research
center, which will do SO much tc
make further improvements pos
sible.
Happy to Dedicate Center.
I am happy to dedicate this
center to his memory and to make
it the ARNOLD Engineering Devel-
opment Center"
The scientists who work here
will explore what lies on the other
side of the speed of sound. This
is part of our effort to make our
air power the best in the world
and to keep it the best in the
world. This applies to the planes
of our Air Force. our Navy. and
our Marines. 1t applies to our
guided missiles, and all the future
developments that science may
bring.
The purpose Of our air power is
to keep peace In the world. This
is our fundamental objective. A
large and powerful Air Force is
one of the essential weapons we
must have to prevent aggression
or to crush aggression If 1t Is
launched.
We need many other weapons
as well-military, economic and
psychological weapons-if we are
to prevent a third world war. And
we must keep finding new and
better methods in each of these
fields, just as we must keep de-
veloping faster and more power
| full planes.
We must use every possible
means of securing and maintain
ling peace. Our whole policy is
biased on world peace. That has
been our policy all along and it is
still our policy. This has not
changed one bit.
Aims for World Peace.
Since World War II we have
done our utmost to. build an in
ternational organization to keep
peace in the world. We have done
that in the interest of the United
States, because the only sure way
to keep our own country safe ano
secure is to have world peace. The
United Nations lis, the most far
reaching attempt that man has
ever made to protect himself
against the scourge of war.
But the rulers of the Soviet
Union had a different idea. They
did not want to cooperate in
keeping the peace. The peoples
Of Russia want peace just as
much as any one else. but theil
rulers in the Kremlin saw that
the nations of the world had beer
weakened and demoralized by the
agonies of the war. They saw
a chance to move in and impose
their own system OF slavery on
other nations.
We tried to settle the postwar
problems with the Soviet Union
on decent and honorable basis
But they broke one agreement
after another. We offered to
place the means Of atomic war
fare under effective international
control. That was an offer to
save mankind forever from the
horror of atomic war. But the
Soviet Union refused to accept It
Our actions showed that we
were for peace. Even though our
efforts were rejected by the Soviet
rulers. our actions won for us the
confidence and trust of other free
nations. In spite of all the false
and lying propaganda of the
Kremlin, 1t was clear to all the
world that we wanted peace.
Disavows Appeasement.
At the same TIME, we made ii
clear to all the world that we
would not engage in appeasement
When the Soviet Union began its
campaign Of undermining and de-
stroying other free nations, we
did not sit idly by.
We came to the aid of Greece
and Turkey when they stood in
danger Of being taken over by
Communist aggression In 1947
AS q result these countries today
lare free and strong and inde-