Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-20

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Stevenson battle in California
and Washington is reported
nip-and-tuck, with a slight
edge given to the President in
both. Oregon is regarded as
safe for the President.
will take some time for the i'm.
plicationS to sink in.
But / must say that it makes
coping with the new problems
of an awakening modern worlC
under Soviet influence a 10
harder when a setback like thi'
is painted as triumph of di-
plomacy a la Dulles.
Was Not Inevitable
This reverse was not newt.
able. l cannot remember an,
other series of diplomatic
! strokes so cratic, naive anC
clumsy as the events of the pas
few years through which Russia
gained welcome to the Near anc
Middle East.
The trouble is that neither
! there nor anywhere else has the
administration shown any rea,
capacity to adjust its policies tC
: new conditions. Three and one
, half years have passed since Sta
!. lin'S death which made possible
the armiStice in Korea that
i. President Eisenhower takes
credit for. 1t is now IA months
'Isince the Geneva conference at
the Summit. And I ask the Re-
publican candidate to tell us OF
a single new idea that has
emerged from Washington fol
meeting the new Soviet chal-
Ilenge.
Instead of fresh ideas and
creative thinking to advance the
cause of peace. our approach to
world affairs has remained Ster-
lie and timid. 1t has remained
tied to old methods, old thinking
and old slogans. We are trying tt
meet new conditions and chal-
lenges with old methods and
means. 1t won't work. 1t never
J does
/ Let me say at once that 1 have
no slick formula, no patent med.
1cine, to cure our problems. The
difficulties which face American
policymakers in all parts of the
world are deep-rooted and com.
pick. And this will continue tt
be so regardless of who wins In
November.
But it is equally true that
there is much that can and mus
be done.
First. our entire military es-
Establishment must be re-exam.
ined to determine how we car
best build and keep the forces
we need for our national security
There is much evidence that
we don't have the military es-
Establishment we need now. The
problem is, I think, less one Of
money than adjusting our think.
ing and planning to the revolu-
ltionary changes in weapons ano
in world relationships.
Second, I would propose-ir
view of the unthinkable implica-
lions of modern warfare-that
disarmament should be at the
heart of American foreign policy
| have suggested that we could
initiate a world policy of STOP
ping the exploding of large-size
nuclear bombs-the H-bombs
This appears to be safe, work.
able. reliable proposal.
Next, / propose that we act
and act fast, to meet the chal-
lenge of the underdeveloped
countries. The choices these
nations make may we'll deter
mine the future of freedom In
the world.
We must do better than we
have been doing. And the way
to begin is to understand the
hopes and fears Of these people
and do work out with them new
relationships based on co-opera-
ton and trust and mutual re.
spect. / might add that, in my
judgment. the spirit Of these new
relationships is more important
than an expansion Of economic
aid.
! believe, too, that we mus
breathe new life into the At.
lantic Community. NATO ha:
served and will, in some form
continue to serve an essentia
need for collective security. But
let us recognize clearly that CO.
operation in defense implies anc
demands cooperation in politi.
cal and economic affairs as well
And in the neglect Of these
matters lies the explanation OF
the declining yigor of the al
lance.
Again. I propose a fresh ap-
preach TO the problems OF world
economics. This new approach
must take account Of the al
most universal desire for eco
nomic development and must
rest solidly on the principle OF
mutual advantage I am more
Interested In practical measures
than in glooal plans for solving