Evening star., 1951-06-02

Of State Aches0n
se Armed Services and Foreign r
to prevent. by all honorable means
the outbreak of another genera
war.
Even before the last world wal
was over, while our young mer
were storming the beaches al
Normandy and Saipan and dozen;
of other places now engraved ir
our memories. the resolution was
forming among our people that
future wars must be prevented.
Best Way to Protect Security.
Their conviction grew that the
best way to protect the security oi
our Nation and of our people wa.
to prevent war. and that the way
ito go about it was through ar
international system of collective
security.
The -Four Freedoms, the Atlantic
Charter. the United Nations -
these were not cynical slogans
They represented the idea which
our people felt in their hearts wa.
worth fighting for.
| 1t has been the purpose of oul
foreign policy to keep faith with
that idea.
The attempt to build a collec
tive security system on the basi!
OF the cooperation of all thu
great powers broke down becaus,
of the policies of the Soviet Un.
ion. But Soviet ambitions hav,
not been able to obstruct our de.
Itermined efforts.
Within the framework of tn,
Charter of the United Nations
We have been building a collec
tive security system based on tn,
cooperation of those nations whit
are dedicated to peace.
The united and determined ef
fort of our people to build effec.
tive instruments for keeping tht
peace is recorded in a series o.
vigorous and ar-sighted actions
the United Nations Charter itself
the Rio Treaty. the Greek -Tur'
kish Aid Program. the Marshal
Plan. the North Atlantic Treaty
land the Mutual Defense Assist.
lance Program.
We have been building oul
strength, together with our allies
We must be strong enough Il
keep the peace.
Side by side with these pro.
grams there is another basic ele.
ment in our foreign policy-tt
assist the hundreds of million!
of people who were acquiring
their independence after the war
so that they might be free to de.
velop in their own way, and Il
join in an international system
for preserving the peace.
Hopes for Peace.
Our hopes for peace required
us to understand the changes
which were in motion amons
vast populations of the Middle
East and Asia. and to help people!
who had just gained their in.
dependence from losing it AGAR
Ito the new imperialiSm of tht
Soviet Union.
Those are the big central idea!
that express what we have beer
trying to do in the world.
The attack on Korea was {
blow at the foundation Of thi
whole program. It was a chal.
lenge to the whole system of col.
lective security. not only in tn,
Far East. but everywhere in tn,
world. It was threat to all ma
t1ons newly arrived at indepen.
dence. This dagger thrust pinnec
a warning notice to the wall which
said: Give UP or be conquered.
This was a test which woulC
decide whether our collective Sc.
curity system would survive OF
would 'crumble. 1t would deter.
mine whether other nations woulc
be intimidated by this show o.
force.
The decision to meet force with
force in Korea was. essential. Il
was the unanimous view of thu
political and military advisers oi
the President that this was the
right thing to do. This decision
had the full support of the Amer.
ican people because it accorded
with the principles by which
Americans live.
AS a people we condemn ag.
gression of any kind. We rejec1
appeasement of any kind. If W,
stood with our arms folded whil,
Korea was swallowed up, it woult
have meant abandoning oul
principles. and it would hav,
meant the defeat of the collectiv,
security system on which our owr
safety ultimately depends.
Met BY Collective Action.
| What I want to stress here il
that it was not only a crucial de-
ciSion whether or not to meet thi
aggression; it was no less impor
tant how this aggression was to b,
dealt with.
In the first place, the attack OF
Korea has been met by COLLECTIVE
!, action. The United States brough
the aggression in Korea before tn,
United Nations, not only becaus
] the Charter requires it, but ais,
because the authority and ever
the survival of that organization
was directly involved.
The response of some member
of the United Nations, in terms O
] their capacities and their othe
security responsibilities, has beer
generous and whole hearted.
/ The total action is admitted,
an imperfect one, as might be ex
| pected of beginning steps in +.