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what-We-ar about is thus OF
first Importance.
We want to be recognized not
as bold, but as prudent, and
that rules out Boosting about
Drinks. and the like. We want
to be recognized as sensitive to
the implications of modern war;
fare, and that rules out talk of
massive retaliation. We want to
be recognized as responsible, and
that rules out trying to recon-
Gle the iIreconcilable wings of
the Republican Party We want
to be regarded as reasonable,
about the imminent collapse of
the Soviet system. And We must
reveal that craving for peace
which is the true heart of Amer
lea.
Secondly, I believe We should
give prompt and earnest con-
sideration to stopping further
tests of the hydrogen bomb, as
MommisSioner Murray of the
Atomic Commission recently pro-
posed. AS layman 1 question
the sense in multiplying and en-
larging weapons of a destruc-
tive power already almost in
comparable. Of course, l would
call upon other nations to follow
our lead. and if they don't and
persist in further tests We will
know about it and we can re-
consider our policy.
I deeply believe that if we
are to make progress toward
the effective reduction and con-
troll of ornaments, it will prob
ably come a step at a time. And
this is a step which, it seems to
me. we might now take, step
which would reflect our deter
mination never to plunge the
word into nuclear holocaust,
step which would reaffirm our
purpose to act with humility and
a decent concern for world opin-
J ion.
tAfter writing this last week
down South. l read last night
in Philadelphia that the Soviet
Union has protested Sched-
uled H-bomb test. After some
reflection I concluded that l
would not be intimidated by
the Communists and would
not alter what l had written.
For this suggestion is right
or wrong and should be so
considered regardless of the
Soviet
Third, We should seriously con-
slider basic revision of our method
of giving aid; specifically, we
should, l think, make greater
use of the United Nations as
the economic aid agency. We
should try to remove economic
development from the arena OF
the cold war. We believe. to be
sure, that anything which
strengthens economic strength
national independence, human
welfare and democratic processes
will improve a nations resistance
to the virus Of communism. But
our first purpose is human bet
terment, and anything less Is q
by-product.
I'VE will hove TO stop demond-
ing thot recipient notions poss
Ioyolty tests !"
Also, II we propose to make
economic aid most effective, we
will have to stop demanding that
recipient nations pass loyalty
tests, and stop using our money
to bribe feeble governments to
set up rubber-c check military
pacts which will bounce as soon
as we try to cash them. Rather
we must convince the peoples Of
the underdeveloped world that
we want no dominion over them
in any form. and that we look
forward to the end of colonial
ism in the world.
1 don't believe we have ex-
plored all possible uses of our
agricultural SURPRISES as raw
materials Of diplomacy. Surely
there are ways of using our
abundance not as an embar-
rassment but creatively as part
of a comprehensive plan Of for
eign assistance.
There is, too. the vast poten-
tial in peaceful use of atomic
energy. It will be our ultimate
ironical failure and humiliation
If the Soviet Union rather than
the United States should provide
the underdeveloped nations with
atomic power. Our mastery Of
the atom, our willingness tC
make it mankind's public utility
should be one of our greatest
contributions to human better
ment.
I emphasize again, however
that all of the bushels of wheat
and the nuclear reactors ano
dollars in creation will do us
little good if they seem only tc
be the bait with which a rich
but uncertain Nation seeks to
buy protection for itself. If oul
attitude is wrong, no amount OF
money can do the job; and, il
our attitude is right, less money
will go further.
These poor notions hove dis
covered thot poverty, oppres-
sion ond diseose ore not the
immutoble destiny Of mon"
These poor nations have dis
covered that poverty. oppression
and disease are not the immut-
able destiny of man. They mean
to improve their lot and quickly
by the methods Of consent. oui
Western way. if possible. But II
they can't. they will turn away
from uS-to forced labor and
forced savings because they
mean to induStralize one way OF
another
If the United Nations admin
istered economic development
funds supplied by its members II
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