Evening star., 1951-05-08

the number of deaths and injuries
and to check panic.
We must organize ourselves-in
every city, factory. office and
home. Civil defense is a reSpon-
Sibility which begins with the in
dividual, and is shared with the
city. the State and the Nation.
We have two immediate jobs.
One is to teach all our people how
to protect themselves in the event
OF enemy attack. The other is to
organize and train millions of VOL
Iunteers as active members of the
United States Civil Defense Corps.
The question we are putting up
to you men and women at this
conference is: How can we do these
jobs as quickly and as efficiently
as possible? We need your help in
getting our fellow citizens to real
ize that this is a very serious
business. So long as we face the
threat of an atomic attack on the
United States, we have got to build
a strong civil defense organization.
But even with such an organiza-
ton, our losses in an atomic war,
if we should have one, would be
terrible. Whole cities would be
casualties. Cleveland or Chicago,
Seattle or New York, or any of
our other great cities might be
destroyed.
Even with such losses. frightful
as they would be, I think this
country would survive and would
win an atomic war. But even if we
win, an atomic war would be a
disaster.
The best defense against atomic
bombing is to prevent the out
break of another world war and
achieve a real pea :.
We must bend all our energy to
the job of keeping our free way of
life, and to doing it without an
other war.
| We can have peace only If we
have justice and fair dealing
among nations. The United Ma
tions is the best means we have
for deciding what is right and
what is wrong between nations. 1t
is a great attempt to make the
moral judgment of mankind ef-
fective in International affairs.
Nothing is more important if man.
kind is to overcome the barbarian
doctrine that might makes right.
We Must Stick Together.
;. Our best chance of keeping the
peace and staying free, is for ma
tions that believe in freedom to
, stick together, and to build their
strength together. This is what we
call collective security. We have
been trying, since the last war was
over, and even before, to build a
system of collective security
among all those countries that
| really believe in the principles of
the United Nations.
5 l think we have made a lot of
progress. I know that some people
have become impatient with our
let1orts to establish collective Sc
curlty. because we have not yet
succeeded in attaining world
; peace. But we are on the right
road.
There are cynics who scorn the
United Nations. who are indif-
Iterent to the need for co-opera-
Itlon among the free peoples. They
DO not understand that our best
hope for peace is to bind together
the nations that are striving for
peace and to increase their
strength to stop aggression.
The United Nations is being
severely tested today because of
the Korean conflict. The fight
ing there is requiring great sac
rlf1ces. In a time of crisis, there
is a tendency to look for some
easy way out regardless of the
consequences. But we must not be
mlsled. We must not lose sight of
the world picture and the critical
Importance of the United Nations
Ilf we are to reach a permanent
solution.
Communist aggression in Ko-
rea is part of the worldwide
strategy of the Kremlin to de-
stroy freedom. It has shown men
all over the world that Communist
imperialism may strike anywhere,
tanytime.
The defense of Korea is part of
the worldwide effort of all the
free nations to maintain freedom.
1t has shown free men that if
they stand together, and pool their
strength, Communist aggression
cannot succeed.
Red Advance Checked.
The firm stand of the United
Nations in Korea has checked the
advance of Communist imperial
ism throughout Asia. 1t is using
up the military resources Of the
Chinese Communists to such an
extent that they are not able to
carry out the designs of Commu-
mist imperialism against the indie
|pendence of other Asia countries.
And the people of those countries
who have been resisting Commu-
mist aggression have now been
given new hope and new courage.
The Communist assault in Indo-
China has been checked by the
free people of Indo-C China with
the help of the French. In Ma
llaya, the British are holding firm
against Communist guerrilla at
tacks. In the Philippines, in
Burma, and in other places in
Asia. Communicated guerrillas
are being blocked.
The fight against aggression in
Korea has also dealt heavy blow
to the Kremlin conspiracy out
side of Asia. 1t has brought new
hope and courage to free men in
Europe, and in the Middle East,
who face the Soviet menace across
their frontiers. The fight against
Communist aggression in the Far