The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-06
President L.slares West Must
Maintain Military Might

Ident Eisenhower declared today
that peace can be won slowly
and tortuousIy"-but only il the
Western powers build, maintain
and pay for the military might
that would secure them from an
H-bomb attack.
With Russia dedicated TO ''wOrld
domination" Eisenhower said, the
free world Is "foced to concentrate
On building such stores Of arma.
ments as can deter any attack
against those who want to be free. "
The President pictured for .
ehurchw0men's assembly the sud.
den mass destruction which would
accompany atomic war.
This horror must not be-" he
said, adding:
"This titanic force must be re-
duced to the fruitful service Of
mankind.
IF It Is within the power Of
your leaders, with Gods help, II
win be DONE"
Eisenhower few to Atlantic City
this morning to address the sixth
national assembly Of the United
Church Women Of the National
Council Of Churches Of Christ.
The country's firmness of faith
and soundness of family life, he
said, are the foundations on which
Its world leadership depends.
I'VE must certainly make sure
that all the world comprehends, in
simplest terms, the paramount al.
ternatives Of our day, Eisenhower
declared.
The first Of these alternatives
Is q wasteful and devastating con-
test In the production Of weapons
Of inconceivable power.
"The other alternative is q world
ever advancing In peace and pros.
pertty through the cooperative eff
fort Of lis nations and peoples. |"
The first choice, the President
said, win bring only sudden and
mass destruction. erasure Of cities.
windows Of unidentifiable dead.
the possible doom Of every nation
and society,""
Rejecting any course pointed
that way, Eisenhower said this
country's goal must be the harnes.
sing Of nuclear power for the bene-
lit Of all men.
Eisenhower's discussion of the
horrors OF atomic war came lust
six days after he told his news
conference he planned to make 4
frank report On the new dangers
confronting the free world since
Russia demonstrated It's ability to
touch off q hydrogen explosion.
In his prepared text, the Presi.
dent said the unique physical Sec
urity OF American homes s'has al.
most totally disappeared before the
long-range bomber and the des-
iructive power Of 4 single bomb. !"
be continued:
To-day We are face 10 face
with the most extraordinary physi.
cal development Of all time--the
application Of nuclear fission and
nuclear fusion to the worlds arma.
ments. (Fission Is the explosive
process In the conventional atomic
bomb; fusion Is what gives the
hydrogen bomb It's awesome pow
err
These discoveries in the field
Of science present in themselves
no threat to man. Like other
scientic developments, they are
susceptible to good or evil use.
depending upon the intent Of the
INDIVIDUAL or group possessing
them.
The mysteries of the atom are
known to Russia. Russia's hostility
to free government--and to the
religious faith on which free gov.
eminent is built--is too well known
TO require recital here.
The President stressed that ca
firm and Just and durable peace"
must come before atomic energy
can be devoted to peaceful use.
He added:
such q peace cannot be
achieved suddenly by force, by
edict or by treaty. II can come
only slowly and tortuously. II will
not be won by dark threats or
glittering slogans. II win be born
only Of courage, knowledge, pa.
tience, leadership.
ITO strive faithfully for this
peace-even as our science con.
stantly develops new methods of
mass Observation-Disclosures upon US
q host Of intricate labors.
I'VE and our friends in the free
world must build, maintain and
pay for . military might assuring
US reasonable safety from attack.
From this position of secure
confidence, we must seek to know
and respond to the legitimate as
pirations and hopes Of all peoples. I"
Harking back to his inaugural
address Of last January, the Presi-
dent said his whole message rested
on lone truth" which he eunciated
then:
Whatever America hopes to
bring to pass in the world must
tirst come to pass in the heart
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