Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-24
Claims Many Gains,
Contends COP. Job
Merits Salute Of All
By the Associated Press

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BY the Associated Press
/ DENVER, Aug. 24.-FollotD-
ing is a transcript OF President
Etsenhower's TV-radio speech
last night:
Good evening. my fellow citi-
zens. Many months ago I prom
Used you one night that from
time to time either I or some
member of the administration
would appear before you to give
you a report on our stewardship
of your Federal governmental
affairs in Washington. Now.
something like 10 hours ago, the
S3d Congress adjourned. 1t will
mot again meet unless there
should be some unexpected crisis
at home or abroad that would
demand it to reassemble in
Washington. In the absence Of
such crisis, the 84th Congress
will take over next January.
Now, this seems like q good
time to report to you about the
program that has engaged the
attention of Congress and how
successful we have been in car
rying out the pledges we made
to you more than 10 months ago.
I must say in starting that I sa-
lutte the membership Of the Con-
gress tor their hard work. for
their effective accomplishments.
and I am sure that after you
take a quick look at this record
you will join in that salute.
Crises Existed.
1t seems to me that the best
way to start this little talk is
to do it against the backdrop
of 10 months ago. Remember
some of the crises that then ex-
listed in the world, crises, at
least, as far as we were con-
cerned.
There was in Iran a fanatic
in charge who was supported
by the Communist Party and
weekly we felt there was a great
danger of that huge reserve
of oil falling into the hands
of Communists. Sixty per cent
of the worlds known reserves
of oil were the stake.
We had a beachhead Of in
ternationaI communism start
ing in Guatemala. We had q
terrible war in Indo-C China. We
had the great argument going
on in Suez between two Of our
great international friends; and
of course. there was the war in
Korea, a war around which
there had grown up such a po-
litical situation that military
victory, at least a decisive mill
tary victory. was no longer in the
cards.
It was a war that brought
home to us daily casualty lists
with resulting sorrow in thou
sands of homes during the
course of months.
At home, aside from those
casualty lists. there was the
threat of imitation. It bothered
us all. We were worried about
the cheapening dollar and about
mounting prices in spite of the
rigid controls that the Federal
Government was attempting to
enforce on all prices and wages
OF everything we use.
Along with this, and part Of
1t, was mounting deficit in the
Federal budget. Each year we
were falling further and fur
ther in debt. We were spending
more than we were collecting,
and the situation was such as to
cheaper our dollar, to make
our debt and our interest pay
ments greater and greater with
resulting load on the taxpayer.
On top Of this for many
months there has been an era
of falling farm prices, and so
the farmer, the whole farm in
dustry was suffering the effects
of paying a lot of money for the
things he had to buy, getting
little in return, and the prospects
looked even worse for him.
Program Determined.
Now, in this picture, in this sit
uation, the administration took
over a year ago last January and
determined on a very broad pro-
gram for strengthening America,
strengthening it at home, spirit
ually, economically and mill
tarily, and making certain that
it would be stronger internation-
ally insofar as its peace and
security was concerned.
Now, at home, to make it more
secure. there were a number OF
things to do. First, there were
great and broad economic meas
ures, the relieving Of controls
and all that sort of thing. There
was the establishment Of security
measures so as to make it diff
cult, If not impossible. for COM
munists to penetrate into the
Government or any of the great
organisms of our country, and
where they could weaken us, and
particularly If we should get into
q crisis. There was the feeling
that it was time for a new era
of fair play, to treat everybody
alike, to have no favored classes.
And this administration was
pledged to do everything it could
for the benefit of 100 million
American people and not for any
single group, any single area or