Evening star., 1951-01-12

tial civilian needs must go for
ward. :.
Our human resources are ouI
main economic strength. :. Nc
danger could be greater than to
concentrate so blindly upon build
ing up our military strength that
we neglected and impoverished
the ultimate sources of that
strength. Three examples will
illustrate this principle.
First. we cannot afford in the
immediate future to devote a:
large a part of our resources to the
Improvement of health service:
and facilities as we had planned
to do in normal peacetime. :.
Second, we cannot in the imme.
diate future find the materials ane
manpower to build as many new
schools and provide as many new
teachers as we had planned to de
in prosperous peacetime. But
whether the youth of today is tt
become a soldier or a civilian cit.
izen tomorrow, he must receive the
general education for citizenship
and the technical training which
a modern army. a modern factory
and a modern farm all require.
Third, we cannot expect in the
immediate future to achieve all oi
the expansion of social security
which we had planned for in pros
porous peacetime. -.
Must Work With Allies.
To meet the present danger. We
must help to strengthen our allies
and they must help to strength
Since the Korean outbreak We
have sharply shifted the emphasis
in our economic assistance pro.
grams toward supporting the de-
fense programs of the free coun-
tries associated with us, and We
have greatly enlarged our military
assistance program.
There is no Water-tight dis
tinction between military assist
ance and economic assistance
Our friends abroad need both. .
Economic Policies.
The actions of the Government
are being redirected to meet the
overriding demands of nationa
security. The budget 1 shall
transmit next week provides only
for urgent needs for Government
activities and services in this de.
fense period. Many Government
programs are being sharply cur.
tailed. -.
The same principle shoule
guide the Congress in enactins
legislation at this time. We mus
all put first things first.
Industrial production. Unde
the Defense Production Act, en-
acted last September, we hav,
taken the first essential steps t,
give priority to defense require
ments out of current industria
production. . PrioritieS and al
locations powers will have to b
renewed by the Congress this yeal
if our production control program
is to be continued. 1t is, of course
essential that this be done.
In planning and carrying ou
the military procurement pro
i gram, the Department of Defens
is giving major emphasis to OBJ
tanning productive capacity broa
! enough to support much large
military procurement program
than the one now under way
Thus. the department is spread
ing orders among as many con
tractors as practicable, and tool
ing-up plants with reserve ca
pacity, so that military procure
ment can be further enlarged o.
short notice if necessary.
In addition to our efforts to eX
pand industrial capacity, steps ar
being taken to increase productio
of essential raw materials, bot
here and abroad. -.
!, The st. Lawrence project is vita
also to bring in a new source c
/ power for industry in the North
east. We must have more poWe,
in this and other areas, if we al
, not to place sharp limits on ou
, industrial capacity.
Il Agricultural production. Ou
farms are no less involved in tn