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

the grave issues of war and peace
on such a foolish basis as that.
I am glad that we have had the
recent hearings in the Senate on
our foreign policy. These hear
ings have been thorough and have
been conducted fairly. They have
done q great deal to explain to
our people the situation the world
lis in. and the way we are meeting
it. They have demonstrated,
again, that We are ON the right
course.
But the important problem
right now is not the past; it is
the future. The world win not
stand still while we examine the
whole course of our foreign policy
since 1871.
Points to Defense Effort.
We are right in the middle of
a great effort to build up our de-
lenses and to check aggression.
We can't go on with this effort
unless the Congress enacts GER
tain basic legislation.
Every group in the country has
la vital part to play in our great
effort for peace. The part OF the
Congress is to give the country
the legislation we need to go for
ward. Without that, none of the
freSt of us can do our job.
We must have effective laws to
curb imitation and to boost de-
Tense production.
We must have the appropria-
lions needed to build up our de-
Tense forces.
We must have legislation to
enable us to continue our policy OF
military and economic aid to our
Allies.
To make our Nation safe we
must have strong allies. We can
not make them Unless we help
other free countries to defend
themselves. Time is too short and
the danger too pressing to wait
for these war weakened countries
to build up their own defenses
without help from us. This aid is
vital to our plans for defense, to
our national security, to our hopes
for peace.
Let me show you how essential
it is. We all know that our Air
Force Is very important. But did
you ever stop to think how much
its effectiveness depends on our
allies?
The Air Force has to have bases
overseas to be in the right place
to give full protection to our own
country, as well as to our allies.
This is a clear example of how
joining with other free nations for
mutual defense helps all OF us.
Our Allies cannot maintain and
defend the necessary bases unless
we give them aid. Giving aid to
our Allies is just as necessary
as building airplanes if we are
to have world peace.
Our military buildup, our de-
velopment of weapons, our eco
aomic strength at home, our
foreign aid programs, our efforts
IN the United Nations, are all
parts of a whole. They are all
essential to our program of peace
There iss no one weapon-no
single service--no particular mill
tary or diplomatic device-that
can save us by itself. All our eff
forts are needed.
We now have a program that
is using all these elements of
our national policy for the great
purpose of peace. We are inn
proving it as we go along. We
are getting good results.
We must get on with the lob.
We must build UP our strength
but we must always keep the door
open to the peaceful settlement of
differences.
We are ready to join in a peace
ful settlement in Korea now as
we have always been. But it must
be a real settlement which fully
ends the aggression and restores
peace and security to the area
and to the gallant Korean people.
In Korea and in the rest of the
world We must be ready to take
any steps which truly advance us
toward world peace. But we must
avoid like the plague rash actions