Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-30

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actions. We must. therefore.
guard against the dangerous as
sumption that other nations. as
our allies, are bound to do what
we want. They have never bound
themselves in this sense Nor
have we bound ourselves t. do
what they want.
But all free nations have q
continuing obligation TO
strengthen the recognition of the
common values and interests Of
all peoples menaced by Commu-
mist Imperialism. We must cease
lessly affirm our belief In the
blessings of freedom and human
justice. These ideals must glow
with warmth and light In the
hearts OF free men, and must
inspire their every free action
and decision. For in these ideals
is q rich and living unity. Free
men who have it will never viii
lingly exchange 1t for the sitting
shroud of RECOMMENDATION under
which Communist despotism
hides its silent. captive peoples.
The fourth truth. closely re-
lated to the third, is this: From
the resources of the free world
must be developed the many
kinds Of strength required to OPP
pose successfully the board front
Of Communist pressure.
We and our friends must be
strong spiritually and intellectu-
ally, so that neither fear. nor
ignorance, nor lack of determine
ton can lead us into defeat.
There must Be a strong. free
world economy so that free ma
tons can support the military
strength they need and help
alleviate hunger. privation and
despair. which the Communist
leaders SO successfully exploit
The free world must be strong
in armS-to discourage agrees
sion, or to defeat it if the Com
munists are 50 unwise as to
attack.
This task Of keeping the free
world strong and healthy is
complex and scontinuous. It lis
indeed difficult to organize world
peace. It calls for steady effort
by the free nations to work pa
tiently together in serving prob
lens reaching to every corner
of the globe. Inevitably this
process Is marked by setbacks as
well as successes. In Europe, for
example, the progress on EDO
has not fulfilled our hopes. Yet
meanwhile, long-standing dis
putes in Egypt and Iran have
been settled. and measures for
collective defense are going for
ward in Southeast Asia. Neither
the ups nor downs justify any
slackening of our efforts. The
free world must build on it's sue
cesses and be spurred to new en-
deavor by its setbacks.
The fifth truth-most impor-
tant to us as a Nation-involves
our own place and function in
the great cooperative effort to
preserve security and peace.
OF all the free nations our
country is in many ways the
richest and the strongest. Thus
there is imposed upon US heavy
share of the whole burden Of
free world security. Obviously
we cannot help others unless we
remain strong ourselves strong
in spirit, in productivity, and in
military might.
Now. a few plain statistical
facts about our military.
Our military strength is the
product of our scientists, our
working men and women, our
industrialists, our military lead
ership-our entire people.
Today the United States has
the most powerful and the most
eficient fighting force it has ever
maintained short Of about war.
In fact. in some respects, it is
the most powerful ever developed.
We have an Air Force of grow
ing effectiveness. It has so per
cent more jets than last year. It
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