Evening star., 1952-07-09

ism mixed with give-away pro-
grams, take q look at socialized
medicine and socialized electri-
cal power.
These things do not make for
free men.
Man was created somewhat
lower than the angels. but to
him the creator gave the right
to plan his own life. to dare his
own adventure. to earn his own
reward so long as he does no
harm to his fellows.
Either we shall have society
based upon ordered liberty and
the creative energy of free men
or we shall have a dictated So
ciety.
I have said before now that
there are immutable principles
which neither the rigors of de-
preston. nor the tricks of in
herent powers. nor lost states
manship, nor wars, nor New
Dealers, nor militarists ean
change. These immutable prin-
ciples came into the universe
along with the shooting stars Of
which worlds are made, and
they have always been and ever
will be true. Such are the pres
ence of God, the laws of gravi-
tation, and the ceaseless strug.
gle of mankind to be free.
Shall we keep that faith?
Must we condemn unborn gem
erations to fight again and to
die for the right to be free?
These Foreign Policies
For nearly 20 years I have
had need to deal with interna-
tional relations. I would be less
than frank If on this, my last
address to you. ! did not speak
from my heart and from that
hard experience. And / can re-
lieve all candidates OF embar-
rassment by stating in their be-
half at once that these are my
views alone.
And if I seem to stress our
foreign policies, I do so because
within them lies the future of
freedom Of men and women in
America. And because in the
First World War I witnessed
the Communists give rebirth to
slavery on earth. One Demo-
cratic and three Republican
Presidents refused to recognize
their Government and thus adj
NIT their official agents into Our
household.
Over those years I have known
OF long roll of good men and
women in many foreign lands,
with whom I worked in inti-
macy to save their starving
peoples, who died in Commu-
mist dungeons or dangled at the
end of the hangman'S rope.
For years I have protested
the lost craftsmanship Of deal
ing with them would drag the
world into great calamaities..
However, there is no satisfac-
ton in having been proved right
by disasters to the American
people.
Until twenty years ago our
dedications to free men was
admired and aspired to by all
mankind. The undertakings of
our Government were trusted
throughout the whole earth.
today, that respect and trust
have been blemished by q hum
dred actions.
Twelve years ago we were led
into a great war crusade on the
promise of freedom to men and
to nations under the banner of
the Four Freedoms and the
Atlantic Charter. Then at Tehe-
ran. Yalta and Potsdam we sac
riflced the freedom of $50 mil
lions of human beings on the
altar of appeasement to Com
munism. The soultS Of one
quarter of mankind have been
scared by the violation of that
American promise. The ghosts
of the -Four Freedoms and the
Atlantic Charter now wander
amid the clanking chains of a
thousand slave camps.
Where have we arrived after
this war crusade for freedom?
I need not remind you that we
lost the peace despite the yalor
and the sacrifice OF our man.
hood on a hundred battlefields.
Our bewildered craftsmanship
has brought no return from the
sacrifices and the tears of mil
lions of mothers and wives.
There is less freedom in the
world today than at any time for
a whole century. Have our for
eign policies over those years
been a success? They certainly
did not make free men.
The Communists
Our opponents frequently re-
mind me that this is all In the,
past. The past is the father OF
right now. And we have 10
deal with the menace they cree,
ated.
Nurtured by policies particle.
pated in by our Government and
by Communists in the high
est echelons Of our Washing
ton administration. the Kremlin