Milford chronicle., 1952-10-03
EISENHOWER WANTS PEACE

EISENHOWER WANTS PEACE
The more one reflects upon Eisenhower's
great speech in Philadelphia, the clearer it
is that its message should be repeated, over
and over.
We need to remember his main point:
That nations can drift into a spot where
they no longer have power to choose between
peace and war-that the way to win peace
is through far-sighted craftsmanship and
preparedness, long before war is imminent.
Korea is an example.
ApOlOgists for the Truman Administra-
tion say its policies have "kept us out of
war" They haven't. Call is anything you
want Police action or cOntainment-Korea
is war 1t is war that has cost over 115,OOO
y. S. casualties. The end is not in sight
Once the Communists had launched their
invasion the United States had no choice
Had we failed to help the South Koreans and
the U. N. resist this aggression, bigger ao-'
gressiOns soon would have followed. Thele
was no opposition worth mentioning in Con-
gress when this country acted.
EisenhOwer's point is that the time to
have prevented the Korean war was long
before time had run out on US We had our
chance, and we muffed it. We had a choice
but the Truman Administration failed to
recognize it or to take advantage of it.
AS Ike stated DlunCly:
1--WE. are in that Korean war because this
Administration grossly underestimated the
actual threat. We are in it because this Ad-
ministratiOn allowed America, in time when
strength was needed, to become weak. We
are IN that war because, having helped set
up the Korean Republic, and knowing that
strength was being maSSed . north of it's
borders, there was failure to build up ade-
quate strength in Korea's own defense forces.
'We are in that war because this Admin
lStratiOn announced to all the world that it
had written off most of the Far East as be-
yond our direct concern"
That record Of failure on the part of the
Democratic Administration is vital now, be-
cause only by prOfting from it can we win
peace tomorrow. Thus Eisenhower gives us
little primer Of basic principles:
1. That peace must be planned for-bv
pursuing consistent policies which lead to
peace and not toward war.
z. That no portion of the free world can
be written off without inviting the Com
munlstS to move in and take over.
8. That we need our Allies just as they
need us, and that we all need the United
Nations.
a. That we must be strong militarily be-
cause weakness always invites attack, lust
as 1t did in Korea and China
D. That the One-the only way to win
World War III is to prevent it."
These are not new lessons We know
now that World War might have been pre-
vented II the Allies had been united before
1T broke out, and had, been strongly armed.
Many believe World War II could have been
prevented had the Allies acted as soon as
Hitler marched into the Rhineland.
The SOvletS have tried to pose as champ
ions OF peace. General Eisenhower has dem
Onstrated the leadership which not Onlv will
explode that hypocrisy but which can rally
indeed has rallied-the whole free world to
new unity.
Our young peOple-and all Americans
can respond to the high challenge in the
climax Of 'Tke's" speech:
Don't let anybody tell you that the win
nlng OF the peace is too big, too difficult for
us!
"Since when has any job been too big for
Americans-fOr the American people once
they have made up their minds and got
gOing?"
For over one hundred years the whole
world looked to the United States-certainlv
not Russia-as the champion of peace and
freedom. Under the Eisenhower leadership
TINS country can regain that high stature.
and bring new hope and faith to our troubled
world
INDIVIDUAL DEBTS ARE INCREASING
AS everybody knows, the national income
is nlgher than 1t ever was. So are wages and
prlces-the two have a habit of moving pref
" much IN unisOn-and so are taxes. Armies
OF people are earning two or three times as
much as in the prewar era. =.
Yet great many Americans, DESPITE this
statistical prosperity, are going deeper and
deeper into debt. Higher incomes have been