Milford chronicle., 1952-07-11

hood on a hundred battlefields, our
bewildered craftsmanship has
brought no return from the sacri-
fees and the tears of millions of
mothers and wives.
did Not Make Free Mem
There is less freedom in the
world today than at any time for
whole century. Have our foreign
policies ever those years been a
success? They certainly did not
make free men,"
But HOOver's speech was not de-
voted entirely to foreign affairs.
At home, he said, the Democrats
have, inch by inch, destroyed the
ramparts of freedom. They have
created vast bureaucracy, he con-
tinued, and in fascist fashion,
they dictate and give orders and
favOrs to our citizens"
"The grandeur of a people
is corroded by = intellectual
dishonesty and corruption among
public officials" Hoover declared.
1.-THE drip, drip, drip from dishon-
or in high places plays a part in
the incree sing of crime among the
people.
Three sinister spOOks or ghosts
are mixing poison for the Ameri-
can people. They are the shades
Of Mussolini, with his bureaucratic
fascism; of Karl Marx, and his
socialism; and of Lord Keynes,
with his perpetual government
b spending. deficits and imitation.
And we have added a new ideol-
ogy of our own. That is government
give-away programs"
Hoover took tart note of the
criticism which greeted his call of
a year and half ago to build uI
a fortress America, and to cut
down on the sending of men and
: money TO Western Europe until Il
2 uau made a Gibraltar Oh itself.
2 he said:
oUmetIme ago when, as a mere
civilian, / proposed tnls alterna
D i've program o. less armies anu al
D over wneImIng sLrlKIng tOlce al
less cost, d yen went up, Her,
s comes the armenian straJegisJ.'
r But promptly TINS proposal wa
t supported by seven Of our mos
b u4o.lmgulsneu retIed ARMY, Nav.
n ana ar Omcers. 1t was suppOrLel
Oy SIX of our most seasoned dlpIo
: mats"
S would Restore Advantage
, such a program" he continued
= would restore the advantage U
. military lnIuatlVe to us.
. 1t would extend our effective
ness to aid all menaced countries
g 1t would assure American yOuL
y that then lives wlIl not De sen
- into the overwhelming COmmuni:
4 quIcksands.
1t would enable us to stop thi
II creeping tascIsm and socialism.
al 1T would balance our budget an
start to cut our taxes.
1T would avoid our bankruptC
,e which is Stains greatest hope"
O- Avoiding mention OF EisenhOV
r er's role IN the effort to cOnStru
as an anu-COmmunlst army IN We
m ,eTn Europe, Hoover attributed
ne ). policy tnere TO President Trl
man anu Secretary Of State Ach
IL son.
to This country, he said, has pOurC
It. IS billion dollars into Europe sim
IL the war ana mas talked of "a mutt
of tude of plans, agreements ar
IS. promises of great European a
I. mics"
ne He said there had been 1mpre
ur sive talk of a 4O-dlvlsiOn army, e
Ill elusive of U. S. and British divi
us ions, to be ready by the end OF tn
year, but that this has now be-
watered down to a plan for
regular and Is reserve divisions
1894 or 1855 by the six continent
members of the European Deten
lat Community (EDC).
ie Can anyone say that this 81
he army even three years hence is a.
se- real deterrent in a ground war
the already six times greater fore
of the Communist horde" he ask'
ats Cor that it could avert a Dunk
ts of the six American divisions
ne have placed there?
IN Compare this promised 800
division army three years hen
OF with the 100 effective divisiO
'ry these same six Western Europe
nations comprising 100 million pC
hg pie put in the field within so da
Pc IN both World War l and WOi
~" ', War IL.
,tT @ Will Lacking, He Says
de- To-day their manpOwer {
productive capacity is greater th
he in either of those wars. The pot
to tial is there, but we must by n
realize that the will is lacking.
re- 1--WE have heard no clamOr fir
yn) these countries to spend their liv
op- their fortunes or their sacred hOl
md to defend their liberties"
AS for Korea, the former pre-
mt dent said the situation there v
lid born in the Yalta agreement, Civ
de- Russia control of Manchuria,
rye was "nourished by American S
rid mort of so-called 'agrarian liberi
ern of China a'-the Chinese Reds.
The United States joined "
me more than 40 other nations to
no down aggression in Korea, he 81
NIL but it is furnishing 80 per cent
the manpower and suffering so
ue- cent of the losses.
ICY, General (DOuglas) MacArt
sea we'll said that in war there is
OF substitute for victory" Hoover C
WIN tinued. Instead of victory, the
ministratiOn substituted appeS