Milford chronicle., 1956-10-12
Hal Haskell Praises
Ike As Greatest
Peace For &c
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that had been imposed on our for
ces by President Truman. The
Communists then began to nego-
tiate seriously.
Second, the new Eisenhower
policy OF deterrence brought an
end to the Indochina War which
had started before the President
took office. In a demonstration of
strength, two aircraft carriers were
sent into the area.
Third, the policy of deterrence
was used to prevent war on For
mOsa. With the Communists threat
ening an attack, President Eisen-
hover proposed to Congress, and
it enacted with a bipartisan vote,
a resolution authorizing him to use
force in case of a Communist at
tack on Formosa.
This policy has brought peace,
yet it has been characterized by
Harris Mcdowell, my opponent, as
inept. This is the policy which the
leaders of the Democratic party
have criticized bitterly time and
time again
Mr.. Haskell also toll the Lions
Club, that if elected, he would sup
port the Eisenhower foreign policy
actively and whole-heartedly.
Specifically, he announced that
he would
l. Support the present policy of
deterrence. We must let any no.
tential aggressor know the conse-
quences of his actions.
2. Support the long haul con-
cept in our foreign policy We must
gear our foreign policy to a policy
of economic and military strength
which we can maintain for an in
definite period of time without
risking economic collapse at home.
3. Support appropriations re-
quests to implement our collective
security agreements. Collective
security agreements are absolute
ly essential to establishing maxi
mum worldwide security at a
bearable cost.
4. Support any Congressional
action by the President to continue
and strengthen the 'Atoms-for-
Peace plan. We must find some
way to turn the awesome power of
the atom to the benefit of mankind
5. Support disarmament propo-
sails, provided an adequate and
practical inspection plan is set up
ahead of time.
There has not been one practi-
cal, positive suggestion from the
opposition for improving our fore
ign policy Harsh and unreasonable
political criticism, yes. Construc-
tive proposals, no.
1.-THE only suggestions which
have been made by the opposition
leaders are to end the draft and
to stop our hydrogen bomb tests.
While we all wish these two OBJ
jectives could be accomplished,
President Eisenhower has said
these two ideas are foolhardy and
absolutely. out of the question at
this time.
"The well-intentioned, but mis-
guided man, Adlai Stevenson, who
made these proposals in the midst
of an election campaign has indi-
Gated to me that he lacks the judg-
ment, the responsibility, and the
experience to handle our foreign
affairs and our struggle for peace.
''In the field of foreign policy, I
want to make it perfectly clear
that l do not believe there is any
difference in detectives between the
two parties. Both political parties
want to secure and preserve the
peace.
However, the leaders of the two
parties do differ greatly in the
methods by which they would
achieve peace.
"Under the last Democratic Ad-
ministration in Washington-the
Truman Administration was
no coherent and consistent foreign
policy. We were living from hand
to-mouth, from crisis-tO-crisis."