Evening star., 1955-06-21

women Of the world who may
hear or read my words-that
those who represent the United
States will strive to be thus
loyal, thus dedicated. For US.
there is no alternative, because
our devotion to the United Ma
tions Charter Is the outgrouth Of
a faith deeply rooted in our cul-
tural, political. spiritual tradi-
tions.
Woven into the Charter is
the belief of its authors:
That mana physical. intel
lectual and spiritual being-has
individual rights, devinely be-
slowed, limited only by the obli-
cation to avoid infringement
upon the equal rights of others;
That justice, decency and lib
erty, in an orderly society, are
concepts which have raised men
above the beasts of the field: To
deny any person the opportunity
to live under their shelter Is a
crime against all humanity.
Our republic was born, grew,
stands firm today in a like belief.
The Charter assumes:
That every people has the in
herent right to the kind of gov
under which it chooses
to live and the right to select
in full freedom the individuals
who conduct that government.
Hence the Charter declares:
That on every nation in pos
session Of foreign territories
there rests the responsibility to
assist the peoples of those areas
in the progressive development
Of free political institutions so
that ultimately they can validly
choose for themselves their per-
manent political status.
Our long history as a republic
manifests a elf-imposed COM
pulsion to practice the same
principles.
The Charter recognizes that
only those who enjoy free access
to historical and current facts
and information. and through
objective education learn to
comprehend their meaning, can
successfully maintain and oper-
ate a system of self-government.
Our republic, likewise. main
tains that access to knowledge
and education is the right of all
Its citizens-of all mankind.
Would Shun Force
Written under the shadow of
war. the Charter is strong in the
conviction that no nation has
q right to employ force aggres-
sively against any other. To do
to threaten to do So
Is to defy every moral law that
has guided man in his long jour-
ney towards the light. Those
who wrote it clearly realized that
global war has come to pose for
civilization a threat of shatter-
ing destruction and q sodden
by the survivors in a
dark and broken world.
Likewise they recognized that
the first responsibility Of every
nation is to provide for its own
defense; and, in pursuance of
this responsibility, it has the
clear right to associate itself with
other like-minded peoples for
The promotion of their common
,ecurity.
But they who wrote the
Charter emphasized that in the
formation of such associations,
the framework of the
United Nations, 1t is incumbent
Upon the contracting parties to
inform the world by solemn
always supported by
deeds, that the sole purpose is
defense. devoid of aggressive
aims.
We as a nation believe these
truths expressed in the Charter.
We strive to live by them. So:
We shall always maintain a
government at home that rec
ognizes and constantly seeks to
sustain for the individual those
rich economic, intellectual and
spiritual opportunities to which
his human rights entitle him.
In our relations with all other
our attitude will reflect
full recognition of their sover-
eign and equal status. We shall
deal with common problems in
a spirit of partnership.
Insofar as our technical, ma
terial and intellectual capacities
permit and wherever our aid
including the peaceful use Of
atomic energy-may be needed
and desired, we shall continue
o help others achieve constantly
rising economic levels. Thereby,
we trust that they will have in
creased opportunity to attain
their cultural and spiritual
aspirations.
Shall Seek Peace
We shall work with all others
through this great or
yanization, the United Nations
10 that peaceful and reasonable
negotiations may replace the
clash of the battlefield. In this
way we can in time make un-
necessary the vast armaments
when maintained only
for security-terrify the world
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