Evening star., 1951-01-08

the whole history Of our time
would have been different.
The principles for which we
are fighting in Korea are right
and just. They are the founda-
tions of collective security and
of the future of free nations.
Korea is not only a country
undergoing the torment OF ag-
gression; it is also a symbol. 1t
stands for right and justice in
the world against oppression and
slavery. The free world must
always stand for these principles
and we will stand with the
free world.
AS the third part of our pro-
gram, we will continue to work
for peaceful settlements of in
ternational disputes. We will
support the United Nations and
remain loyal to the great prin-
ciples Of international co-opera-
ton laid down in it's Charter.
We are willing, as we have al
ways been, to negotiate honor
able settlements with the Soviet
Union. But we will not engage
in appeasement.
The Soviet rulers have made
1t clear that we must have
strength as well as right on our
side. If we build our strength
and we are building 1.-THE
Soviet rulers may face the facts
and lay aside their plans to take
over the world.
That is what we hope will
happen, and that is what we
are trying to bring about.
Only Realistic Road.
That is the only realistic road
to peace.
These are the main elements
OF the course our Nation must
follow as a member of the COM
munity of free nations. These
are the things we must do to
preserve our security and help
create a peaceful world. But
they will be successful only if we
increase the strength of our own
country.
Here at home we have some
very big jobs to do. We are
building much stronger military
forces and we are building
them fast. We are preparing
for full wartime mobilization, If
that should be necessary. And
we are continuing to build a
strong and growing economy,
able to maintain whatever effort
may be required for as long as
necessary.
We are building our own
Army. Navy and Air Force to an
active strength of nearly three
and-a-half million men and
women. We are stepping up the
training of the Reserve forces,
and establishing more training
facilities. so that we can rapidly
increase our active forces far
more on short notice.
We are going to produce all
the weapons and equipment that
such an armed force will need.
Furthermore, we will make weap-
onS for our allies, and weapons
for our own reserve supplies. On
top of this, we will build the ca
pacity to turn out on short
notice arms and supplies that
may be needed for a full-Scale
war.
Fortunately, we have a good
start on this because of our
enormous plant capacity and
the equipment on hand from
the last war. For example,
many combat ships are being
returned to active duty from
the "mothball fleet" and many
others can be put into service
on very short notice. We have
large reserves of arms and am
munition and thousands of
workers skilled in arms produc-
tion.
New Weapons Pushed.
In many cases, however, our
stocks of weapons are low. In
other cases, those on hand are
not the most modern. We have
made remarkable technical ad-
vances. We have developed new
types of jet planes and power
full new tanks. We are concen-
trating on producing the new
est types of weapons and pro-
ducing them as fast as we pos
sibly can.
This production drive is more
selective than the one we had
during World War II, but it is
just as urgent and intense. 1t
is a big program and a costly
one. ..
Let me give you two concrete
examples. Our present program
calls for expanding the aircraft
industry so that it will have the
capacity to produce $4,000 mod
ern military planes a year. We
are preparing the capacity to
produce $4,000 tanks a year. We
are not now ordering that many