Evening star., 1955-07-16


lexist, It Is impossible to pursue
all Of the long. tedious negotia-
tions that must take place before
the details Of these problems can.
/ be settled.
Many postwar conferences
have been characterized too
much by attention to details. BY
an effort apparently to work
ION specific problems rather than
to establish the spirit. and the
attitude in which we shall ap-
proach their success, therefore.
has been meager. Too often In
deed these conferences have
been mere opportunities for ex-
Iploitation of nationalistic am
lbitions, or indeed only for
sounding boards for the prop
aganda that the participants
want to spread to the world.
II we look at this record. we
would say, "Why another con-
ference? What hope Is there for
success?" Well now. the first
question I ask you do we want
Ito do nothing? Do we want to
sit and drift along to the inevi-
table end in such . contest Of
war or increased tensions?" We
want peace. We cannot look at
this whole situation without
realizing first that pessimism
never won any battle, whether
it was in peace or it was in war.
One Ingredient Missing
Next we win understand that
one ingredient has been missing
from all these conferences: An
honest intent to conciliate. to
understand. to be tolerant, to
TRY to see the other fellows view
point as well as we see our own.
/ say to you If we can change
the spirit In which these con-
ferences are conducted we will
have taken the greatest step to-
ward peace, toward future pros
Iperity and tranquility that has
ever been taken In all the his
tory Of mankind. ] want to give
you Q few reasons for hope in
this project.
First. the people of all the
world desire peace. This is peace
for people everywhere. ! dis
tinguish between people and gov
ernments here for the moment
when we know that the great
hordes Of men and women who
make up the world do not want
to go to the battlefield. They
want to live In peace. Not q
peace that is q mere stilling of
the guns. but q peace in which
they can live happily, tram
gully, and in confidence that
they can rear their children in
a world Of which they will be
proud.
That common desire for peace
is something that is o terrific
force in this world and to which
I believe all political leaders in
the world are beginning to
respond. They must recognize it.
Another item: Did you note
this morning the speech made by
Premier Bulganin in Moscow?
Every word he said was along the
line that am now speaking. He
talked Of conciliation and toler-
ance and understanding. I say
to you-T say to all the world
II the words that he expressed
are as truly reflective Of the
hearts and minds Of the men in
the Kremlin as we are sure they
are reflective Of the hearts and
minds Of all the people in Russia,
as in the hearts and minds Of all
the people in the world every
where, then there will be no
trouble between the Russian
delegation and our own at this
coming conference.
World Divided
Now I want to mention an
other item that is important in
this problem. The free world Is
divided from the Communist
world by an iron curtain. The
free world has one great factor
in common. We are not held
together by force. but we are
held together by this great fac
tor, and it is this: The free
world believes, under one re-
ligion or another, In q divine
power. It believes In a Supreme
Being.
Now this, my friends, is a very
great factor for conciliation and
peace at this time because each
of those religions. each one
of them, has as one Of its basic
commandments the words, ter
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