Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
RAY OF LIGHT? j..

RAY UF LIGHT!
We are told by the analysts and commen-
tatOrs variOusly that the speech of Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles to the Foreign
Policy Association was fortnight, that it
was a guarded statement, that it continued
to promise appeasement to Red China's Chou
En-Lai Our best advice on the speech as a
whole would be that every American should
read it and decide for himself what he
thinks it means.
But, hidden in the torrent of words, like
a diamond in its matrix, is what could pOss-
IDLY prove shining thought, and which
might explain President EisenhoWeF's warm
recOllections of Russia s. Marshal Zhukov at
his last press conference.
While like the Biblical Joshua command
ing the sun to stand still, Mr.. Dulles devoted
most of his address to plea for UN action
and remuneration of force by Red China with
respect to FOrmOSa, he revealed that he
may have had an X-ray glimpse through Rus
sia's iron curtain.
In his brief discussion of the recent
Kremlin upheaval, Mr.. Dulles suggested that
he perceived 'the outlines of basic policy
difference. He felt certain there were Rus
slams "whO are primarily concerned with the
welfare, security and greatness of the Soviet
Union and its people" as well as those who
would have it "serve primarily as a tool of
international Communism and . its world
wide ambitions" The ambitions of the state
and the party, he felt, were not always COM
patible, and we should keep this distinction
in mind
''The time may come-I believe it will
come" said the Secretary of State, "when
Russians of stature will patriotically put first
their national security and the welfare of
their people. They will be unwilling to have
that security and that welfare subordinated
to the worldwide ambitions of international
Communism. If their point of view should
prevail, then indeed there could be a basis
for worthwhile negotiations and practical
agreements between the u. S. and the new
Russia. Then there might be reactivated the
historic friendship between our countries
and our peoples"
The fact that the new command in Mos
COW, KhrushcheV, BUlganin and Zhukov, is
more representative of the Russian army
than of the Communist Party lends weight
to Mr.. Dulles words. The Russian army may
not, after all, be fundamentally different
from every other army in the worlds his
tory and every other army has been
intensely natiOnalistic Further, there is
much in the present picture of the u. S. S. R..
to suggest that Russians may be realizing at
long last that the expansionist drive of the
Communist Party is conducted at their ex-
pense.
Perhaps, after all, it would do no harm
for the new Defense Minister, Marshal
LhukOv, to make that lOng-deferred visit
that he dreams of" to the u S. We might
learn something worthwhile and so might
our guest.
IGNORANCE SERVES COMMUNISM
If we are to remain strong the Ameri-
can people must understand and appreciate
the benefits which our competitive private
enterprise system brings them" said G..
K.niAN IL N Il
Stock Exchange, a short time ago. eff our
people are to see through the false prOpa-
ganda directed against private enterprise
they must have a better understanding of
just how that system works"
Then Mr.. Funston dealt with miscOncep-
tions with which he, by the nature of his
position, is particularly familiar. He con-
continued, ut is no news . that Wall
Street for years has been the number one
whipping boy for communists and fellow
traveller propaganda. And the factor which
encourages this left-wing effort is the wide
spread lack Of information among Americans
as to the important role which the securities
industry plays In our economy Graphic
evidence of this is provided by public sur
vey Only % per cent of our people can
accurately describe what common stock is.
a mere "a per cent know what the job of
the New York Stock Exchange really is.
Only 80 per cent are prepared to say that
the Exchange does not itself own the shares
which are 11 lght there by the public. In
other words, only a minor fraction of our
people know that our Exchange serves as
the auction marketplace where under con-
ditions of full disclosure and high ethical
standards all Americans can freely buy OF
sell corporate shares to other Americans"
Ignorance of this kind-and it extends
to many areas Of our economic life-plays
into the devious hands and minds Of the com
munists and all those who would destroy our
freedoms. Every effort must be given to
lnftirg h~ht into the dars-oss