Evening star., 1951-04-08
Truman Praises Work
or Foreign Ministers! :.
For United Defense

might that international comnti-
Inism by "snbversion, threats and
aggression seeks to crush and un-
dermine and finally destroy tire
independence OF the Americas. and
to impose alien rule on our lands =
"We can't let that happen here, '
Mr.. Truman declared. He praised
the ministers for the work they
have done at the inter-American
conference which closed yesterday.
The President spoke at o large
dinner party given at the Statler
Hotel in his honor by the Foreign
Ministers. About 200 persons. in
|cluding high ranking United States
Government and congressional Of
|fcials. attended. >
Acting Foreign Minister Man
luel Tello of Mexico gave the prin-
lcipal address as representative OF
the Latin American Foreign Minis
ters. e L..
In referring TO the conference,
Mr.. Truman expressed belief that
all the free peoples of the world
will feel that they can draw "'even
greater strength from this West
lern Hemisphere reservoir"
"The work which you have COM
Ipleted today in your fourth meet
ing of consultation" the President
continued. "exemplifies the ability
Iof free nations to recognize the
grave threat to their common Sc
curity and to take measures to
meet it." =,
Evil Intent" Recognized.
The President said the American
nations have come together in
recognition of the "evil intent"
to destroy the independence Of the
American nations. r
Today" the President declared,
"in the signing Of the fipal act
Iof your meeting, you have pro-
claimed. that the American Re-
Ipublics and their peoples will act
in concert to mobilize the moral
and spiritual, military and eco
nomic strength for the defense of
this hemisphere. '*t
Further, you have affirmed our
common determination to aid
freedom loving peoples everywhere
who work for the defeat of Com
munist tyranny. AZ :,
That is proof Of the vitality
of free men and their institutions.
All OF us must carry out the pro-
grams of the emergency co-opera-
ton which you have SO promptly
and wisely devised. 1t should be
carried forward in the same way
they were conceived, in an atmos-
phere of good will and equality.
Sees Perseverance Winning.
And. with Gods help, we shall
and we will persevere. until we
attain victory in a world where
free men can enjoy the fruits of
their labor, and live together as
good neighbors. nc s59n
And good neighbrs we are And
good neighbors we will continue
from now henceforth. And we
hope that we can set an example
for the rest of the world, and
make all the world good neigh
bors with not single enemy in
| it." &&3
In paying tribute to the address
OF the Mexican Foreign minister,
Mr.. Truman declared: .fAs1 your
spokesman, the doctor, is my
spokesman too in expressing the
spirit OF the Americas, that per-
manent. moral reservoir of the
human race, always available to
all the free peoples of the earth. I"
The foreign ministers completed
their business sessions yesterday
by signing some 80 resolutions
aimed at presenting a united front
against international communism,
Secretary of State Acheson.
while pleased with what he ca,,ed
the outstanding" rc-ult5 CT the
meeting. uttered restraining
word in his remarks closing the
final session.
1T is not for us to utter that
final judgment. nor is it for us
to overpraise what we have done. /"
he told the ministers. -~..re-
Then he put his finger on what
must be the real test OF the sue
cess OF the conference when he
declared:
Il said that We have come to
the end OF our meeting but we have
not come to the end of our work
We turn now from our agree
ment upon future action :. to
the carrying out of that action
leach in his own country. And
each of us will encounter difficult
ties-that is inevitable"