Evening star., 1952-01-18


oornphic transcript OF Prime
Minister Churchiu,s address to
Congress yesterday:
Mr.. President. Mr.. Speaker
members of the Congress, this
is the third time it has been my
fortune to address the Congress
OF the United States upon ou1
Joint affairs. I am honored in
deed by these experiences, which
] believe are unique for one who
Is not an American citizen.
1t Is also Of great value to me
on again becoming head of His
Majesty's government to come
over here and take counsel with
many trusted friends and COM
rades Of former anxious days.
There is a lot for us to talk
about together, so that we can
understand each others difficult
ties. feelings, and thoughts, and
do our best for the common cause.
Let us therefore survey the field
this afternoon with cool eye, un-
d1mmed by hate or passion, actu-
ated by righteous inspiration and
not undaunted by hope.
Cites War Burden.
I have not come here to ask
you for money daughter and ap-
plause)-ask you for money to
make living more comfortable or
easier for us. Our standards of
living are our own business, and
We can only keep our self respect
and independence by looking after
them ourselves.
During the war we bore our
share Of the burden and fought
from first to last unconquered,
and for a while alone, to the ut
most limit Of our resources. Gap
plause.)
Your majestic obliteration of all
you gave us under lend-lease will
never be forgotten by this nation
Of Britain's or by history.
After the war. unwisely as I
contended and certainly contrary
to American advice. we accepted
as normal debt nearly 1000 mil
lion pounds sterling Of claims Of
countries we had protected from
invasion or had otherwise aided,
instead Of making counter claims
which would have at least reduced
the bill to reasonable proportions.
The 1000 million loan we bor-
rowed from you In 1916 and which
we are now repaying was spent not
on ourselves, but mainly in helping
others. In all, since the war, as
the late government affirmed, we
have lent or given to European or
Asiatic countries 1900 million
pounds in the form Of unrequited
exports. This, added to the cost
Of turning over our industry from
war to peace and rebuilding homes
shattered by bombardment, was
more than we could manage with
out an undue strain upon our life
energies from which we shall re-
quire both time and self discipline
to recover. ~
Explains Statement.
Why do 7 say all this? Not to
compare our financial resources
with yours. for we have but q third
Of your number and much less
than a third Of your wealth; not
to claim praise or reward but to
convince you Of our native and
enduring strength and that our
true position Is not to be judged
by the present state Of the dollar
exchange or by sterling area
finance.
Our production is half as great
again as it was before the war; our
exports are up by two-thirds; re-
covery while being retarded has
been continuous and we are de-
termined that 1t shall go on.
(Applause.)
AS I said at Fulton, in Missouri,
six years ago. under the auspices
Of President Truman, let no man
underrate the abiding power Of
the British Commonwealth and
empire. Do not suppose we shall
not come through these dark years
OF privation as we came through
the glorious years of agony, or
that half a century from now you
will not see 10 or 80 millions of
Britons spread about the world
and united in defense of our
traditions, which we all love, and
Of the world causes which you
and we espouse?
Cooperation Seen.
If the population Of the English
speaking commonwealth be added
to that Of the United States we
will all have such cooperation,
with all that such cooperation
implies. In the air, on the sea and
all over the globe. and in science,
industry and moral force: there
will be no wavering precarious
balance Of power to offer its
temptation to ambition or ad-
venture and I am very glad to
be able to say the same to you
here today.
1t Is upon this basis of recovery,
IN spite Of the burden, that the
formidable problem of the new
rearmament has fallen upon us.
1t is the policy of the United
States to help forward in many
countries the process of rearm-
ament. In this, we who contrib
uted ourselves two-thirds as much
as the rest Of Europe put to-
gether, require your aid II we
are to realize in good time the
very high level of military
strength which the Labor Depart
ment boldly aimed at, and to
which they committed us. It is
for you to judge to what extent
the United States interests are
involved. and whether you aid us
much or little. we shall continue
to do our utmost in the common
cause. But. members of the Con-
gress, our contribution will per-
force be limited by our own
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