Evening star., 1954-10-29

peace must be classed as one o1
the most important facts Of re.
cent years. ! deeply believe thai
the foreign policy of America Ii
q bipartisan matter. More thar
any previous administration, this
one has observed the require
mer1ts Of this truth. Consulta-
tions with Democratic leaders
in this delicate, vital area OF
government have been candid
and open. and more frequent
than ever before.
Nevertheless, in this field, as
in all others, America needs q
close-working Executive-Legisla-
tive team. It needs undivided
leadership which all of us can
hold responsible for results; we
cannot pursue peace so effec-
lively with divided leadership
which aprovides evasion Of re-
sponsibility and affords to both
parties alibis for failure. This
progress abroad is the kind of
progress we voted for two years
ment In its favor.
:. At home, we have redeemed
sour pledge Of 1852 to give Amer
lea clean and efficient govern
ment. We have moved decisively
to- root out subversion iffa our
land. We have removed from
the Government employ people
who failed to meet the high
standards of public trust. Along
the way. we dropped 211 900 ex-
cess positions from the Federal
pay roll. Then, with the CO.
operation of the Congress. we
redeemed another pledge by
making possible the biggest tax
cut in Americas history, and
the only tax reform in many
years.
Spending Cut.
Government spending was
slashed by billions. Social Sc
curity benefits were accorded to
10 million more citizens. Unem-
ploymentl insurance was ex-
tended I'd 4 million more people.
A new housing program was
started so more Of us could buy
our own homes. A new farm
program was passed designed to
stop the many years of decline
in farm income.
Two years ago we also de-
manded peace and prosperity.
Thanks to a good Congress.
thanks to hard work by many
people in Washington and
throughout the Nation we have
made the most significant do
mestic accomplishment Of recent
decades. We have proved at last
that America can go from war
to peace without a terrifying de-
preston. ss
BY every measure Of a nations
increase in wealth and produc-
tivity, 1854 Is by far our most
prosperous year of peace in his
tory. Sensible handling of money
supply and rates, expansion of
social security. tax reductions
and reform, hard work. private
and public, building of conf
dence all across the broad eco
nomic front-these have at last
eliminated from American life
the dreaded specter of economic
collapse.
But we know that still today,
as an aftermath of the war and
the imitation it brought, some
unemployment persists amidst
our general prosperity. So long
as any citizen wants work and
cannot find 1t, we have a press
ing problem to solve. This ad-
ministration is working vigor-
ously to bring about q lasting
solution. Indeed, only this month
unemployment dropped by hun
dreds Of thousands. Unemploy-
ment today stands much below
the levels of 1850. It is not even
a third Of the 1910 levels In
both these years. millions OF
people had been without jobs
for long periods. They did not
get jobs until the Nation went to
war. Then workers got jobs in
uniforms or war plants.
No wonder many had come
to believe that America could
prosper only when American