Evening star., 1951-11-15

|ernment. Certainly we should moi
engage in war to achieve suct
purposes.
I don't mean to say that, as re.
sponsihle citizens of the world, We
should not gladly extend charity o.
assistance to those in need. I dc
not mean to says that we shoulc
not align ourselves with the ad.
vocates of freedom everywhere.
But the contribution of sup.
plies to meet extraordinary
droughts or famine or refu-
gee problems or other emergencies
is very different from a global plar
for general free assistance to all
mankind on an organized scale
as part of our foreign policy
Such a plan. as carried out today
can only be justified on a TEN.
porary basis as part of the battle
against communism. 1t has beer
undertaken as an emergency
measure.
Can't Garry Entire World.
Our foreign policy in ordinary
times should not be primarily in
spired by the motive of raising
the standard of living of millions
throughout the world. because
that is utterly beyond oul
capacity.
We hear a great deal of argu-
ment that if we do not deliber-
ately. as part Of a world welfare
program, contribute to the raising
of standards of living of peoples
with low income they will turn
Communist and 60 to war against
us. Apart from such emergency
situations as justified the Marshall
Plan. following World War II,
see no evidence that this is true
Recent wars have not been started
by poverty-stricken peoples, as ir
China or India. but by prosperous
peoples, as in Germany led BY
dictators.
I believe that our international
trade relations should be scrupul-
ously fair and generous and should
it clear to the other peoples
OF the world that we intend to be
fair and generous.
For the same reason, and as a
contribution to world economic
progress. believe that some pro-
gram like the point-four program
is justified to a limited extent
even If the Russian threat were
completely removed.
But such programs should be
sound economic projects. for the
most part undertaken by private
enterprise. Any United States
Government contribution is in the
nature of charity to poor eoun-
tries and should be limited in
amount. We make no such con-
to similar projects in
the United States.
Moral Leadership Cited.
There are a good many Ameri-
cans who talk about an American
century in which America will
dominate the world. They rightly
point out that the United States
is so powerful today that we
should assume a moral leader
ship in the world to solve all the
troubles of mankind.
I quite agree that we need that
leadership not only abroad
but also at home. We can take
the moral leadership in trying to
Improve the international organ
lzat1on for peace. I think we can
take leadership in the providing
Of example and advice for the i'm
provement of material standards
of living throughout the world.
Above all, I think we can take
the leadership in proclaiming the
doctrines of liberty and Justice
and in impressing on the world
that only through liberty and law
and justice. and not through So
cialism or communism, Can the
world hope to obtain the stand
ards which we have attained in
the United States. Our leaders
can at least stop apologizine for
The American system, as they
have been apologizing for the past
Is years.
If we confine our activities to
the field of moral leadership we
shall be successful If our philoso-
ply is sound and appeals to the
people Of the world.
Our active partisanship in
World War II was based on the
theory that a Hitler victory would
make Germany a serious threat to
the liberty of the United States.
I did not believe that Germany
would be such a threat, particu-
larly after Hitler brought Russia
into the war, and that is the rea-
son I opposed the war policy of
The administration from the elec-