Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-05

safety simply for the sake of
harmony,
But" he said, where the
independence and survival Of the
Nation may hang in the balance,
we must all work together, lest
we all perish together" The
first essential, he said, sis the
elimination of domestic politics
from the conduct of foreign
affairs"
Critical Of G. O.P. Policy. !,
In a fight of criticism for the
Republican handling Of foreign
policy, Mr.. Stevenson said that
the greatest damage had been
done our national interest abroad
"for the sake of showing the
domestic audience what big,
tough boys we are"
The vision which must under
lie our foreign policy. Mr.. Steven
son commended, must embrace
social welfare for the peoples of
other nations as well as for the
American people. particularly in
order to combat the upsurge of
communism.
"Yet while the social revolu-
ton of these times must lie
always in the background of our
minds" Mr.. Stevenson warned,
"the implacable power of the
Soviet Union, the new turbulence
and attraction of Communist
China, and the intricate and
sinister operations of the world
wide conspiracy clearly represent
the immediate threat to peace"
Personally I am weary of the
long semantic argument about
co-existence," he said. "If we ex-
clude the solution of atomic war,
and if we exclude the solution of
surrender all we have left is some
form Of armed truce, which we
can call co-existence or anything
else you like. Armed co-exist-
ence is certainly a bleak pros
pect. But it is better than no
existence"
The problem he said, is to
restrain the new Communist
Imperialism and at the same
time maintain peace.
More Than Arms Needed.
Massive western rearmament,
he continued, had checkmated
the Soviet reliance on armed
power. But something more
must be devised. This, he said.
lay in the field of economic and
national deliyerance for peoples
so that they can fulfill their
aspirations.
The Eisenhower administra-
ton, he said, had permitted the
armed strength of the country to
decline and had abused our sys-
tenn of alliances. Some Ameri-
cans" he chided, ''have made a
career in recent years OF attack
ing our allies. We must assure
our allies of our determination to
play our part in. the common
defense"
Of the Mccarthy censure vote
in the Senate, Mr.. Stevenson
said: 1.-THE act of the Senate this
week in reaffirming it's dignity
and the simplest principles of
conduct will go long way in
restoring not alone our self con-
fidence and self-esteem, but also
the respect Of our friends. And
am glad that among the Demo-
Gratis there was no confusion
about the standards Of behavior
of the Senate of the United
States"
No Democrat voted for Senator
Mccarthy.
Gets Frequent Ovations.
Mr.. Stevenson was frequently
interrupted by applause and he
was given ovations when he
began to speak and when he
concluded. He was introduced
by Representative Hale Boggs of
louisiana who said that Mr..
Stevenson had brought greatly
needed integrity and intelligence
| to the political arena.
With his usual whimsical
touch, Mr.. Stevenson said:
81 was deeply touched by my
introduction Il only hope my
sons were listening"
Other speakers were Repre-
sentative Sam Rayburn of Texas.
Speaker Of the House in the next
Congress, Governor-elect Averell
Hartman Of New York, Senator
Kefauver of Tennessee and Mrs.
Iris Bitch of Georgia, national
committeewoman and newly
elected member of the House.
Those attending the dinner
sat at long wood tables and
received modest fare for their
500 contribution. Lack of
kitchen facilities made it i'm
possible to put o ma feast.
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