Evening star., 1952-09-10

Of peace and social progress.
India has to grow more food. It
has to restore its land. It needs
new resources of power. In
short, it needs a democratic
helping hand in the develop
ment programs it has already
charted.
The same is true in many 9TH
er countries.
It is help Of this kind that we
can provide by sending agri-
cultural experts, engineers and
other trained people to these
countries. and through programs
Of assistance to economic devel-
opment.
BY working with each country
to expand the production Of
goods which are needed by other
countries in the region, a self
generating and self financing
cycle of trade and development
can be initiated. which will re-
duce and can eventually elimi-
nate the need for American aid.
At the same time, we can enlarge
our export markets and develop
new sources Of the products we
need to import.
Land reform Is, Of course,
fundamental to the problem Of
Asia. But in these ways and
by this kind of friendly advice
and counsel we can help to
guide this economic develop
ment in ways which will give
powerful support to democratic
political institutions.
Programs in Accordance
With Our Best Traditions
These programs are in ac-
cordance with our best tradi-
tions. And I want to assure our
friends in Asia that America
will not seek to dominate their
political and economic develop
ment. We will not try to make
their societies over in the image
of our own. On the contrary. we
respect the integrity Of their
institutions and the rich values
Of their cultures. We expect to
learn as well as teach.
These programs are primarily
concerned with the material
needs and wants of individual
men and women. Yet we do not
make the mistake of believing
that the answer to Communist
materialism is a different brand
of materialism. The answer to
communism is, in the old-fash-
ioned phase, good works-good
works inspired by love and dedi-
Gated to the whole man. The an
swer to the inhumanity Of COM
munism Is humane respect for
the individual. And the men and
women OF Asia desire not only
to rise from wretchedness of
the body but from abasement Of
the spirit.
In other words, we must
strive for a harmony of means
and ends in our relations with
Ashland indeed with the rest
of the world. The means Of our
cooperation are primarily ma
terial. If we believe the Com
muniSt threat to Asia is danger.
GUS to us, then 1t is in our self
interest to help them defend and
develop, adjusting our policies
to the constantly changing cir
cumstances In a world of accel-
Grating change. But we must
not, in our necessary concern
for the urgent tasks of defense
and development, permit the
means to obscure the end. That
end is the widening and deepen
ing Of freedom and Of respect
for the dignity and worth Of
man.
Some will say to you that this
Is visionary stuff. To this I re-
ply that history has shown again
and again that the self-styled
realists are the real visionaries-
for their eyes are fixed on q past
that cannot be recaptured. It
was Woodrow Wilson, with his
dream Of the League Of Nations.
who was the truly practical man
not the Old Guard who fought
him. And in the fateful summer
of 1910, it took the vision Of q
Churchill to see beyond Dunker-
que to victory.
I say that America has been
called to greatness. The sum-
mons Of the Goth century Is q
summons to our vision, to our
humanity. to our practically. II
these provide the common pur-
pose of America and Asia. Of
our Joint enterprise, Of our prog
ress together, we need have no
fear for the future. It will be-
long to free men.