Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-10

the Union and the relationships
of the Union to the other ma
tons of the world. I come here
firmly convinced that at no time
in the history of the Republic
have circumstances more en-
phatically UNDERSIGNED the need
in all echelons of government
for vision and wisdom and reso-
luton.
You meet in a season of stress
that is testing the fitness of po-
litical systems and the validity
of political PHILOSOPHERS. Each
stress stems in part from causes
peculiar to itself. But every
stress is reflection of a uni
versal phenomenon.
Freedom Fighters Cited
In the world today, the surg
ing and understandable tide OF
nationaliSm is marked by wide
spread revulSion and revolt
against tyranny, injustice, in
equality and poverty. AS individ-
uals, joined in a common hunger
for freedom. men and women
and even children pit their spirit
against guns and tanks. On a
larger scale, in an ever more per-
sistent search for the self respect
OF authentic sovereignty and the
economic base on which national
independence must rest, peoples
sever old ties; seek new alliances;
experiment - sometimes danger
ously-in their struggle to satisfy
these human aspirations.
Particularly, in the past year,
this tide has changed the pat
tern OF attitudes and thinking
among millions. The changes al
ready accomplished foreshadoW
a worlo transformed by the spirit
OF freedom. This is no faint and
piouS hope, The forces now at
work in the minds and hearts
of men will not be spent through
many years. In the main, today's
expressions of nationaliSm are,
i'll spirit, echoes of our forefa-
theirs struggle for independence.
This Republic cannot be aloof
to these events heralding a new
epoch in the affairs of man
kind.
Our pledged word, our enlight-
ened self-intereSt, our character
as a Nation commit us to a high
role in world affairs: a role of
vigorous leadership, ready
strength, sympathetic under
standing.
3 Principles Outlined
The state of the Union, al
the opening of the 85th Con-
gresS, continues to vindicate the
wisdom of the principles on
which this Republic is founded.
Proclaimed in the Constitution
of the Nation and in many of
our historic documents, and
founded in devout religious con-
victions, these principles enun-
ciate:
A vigilant regard for human
liberty.
A wise concern for human
welfare.
A ceaseless effort for human
progress.
Fidelity to these principles, in
our relations with other peoples,
has won US new friendships ard
has increased our opportunity
for service within the family of
nations. The appeal of these
principles is universal, lighting
fires in the souls of men every
where. We shall continue to up
hold them, against those who
deny them and in counselling
with our friends.
At home. the application Of
these principles to the complex
problems of our national life
has brought us to an unprece-
dented peak in our economic
prosperity and has exemplified
in our way of life the enduring
human values of mind and
spirit.
How to Improve L. S.
Through the past four years
these principles have guided the
legislative programs submitted
by the administration to the
Congress. AS we attempt to APP
ply them to current events. do
nestle and foreign. we must take
into account the complex entity
that is the United States of
America; what endangers it;
what can improve it.
The visible structure is our
American economy itself. After
more than a century and a half
of constant expansion, it is still
rich in a wide variety of natural
resources. 1t is first among ma
tons in its peoples mastery Of
industrial skills. 1t is productive
beyond our own needs of many
foodstuffs and industrial prod
ucts. 1t is rewarding to all our
citizens in opportunity to earn
and to advance in self-realiza-
ton and in self-expression. 1t is
fortunate in its wealth of educa-
tional and cultural and religious
centers. 1t is vigorously dynamic
in the limitless initiative and
Willingness to venture that char
acterize free enterprise. 1t is
productive of a widely shared
prosperity.
Our economy is strong, ex-
panding and fundamentally
sound. But in any realistic
appraisal, even the optimistic
analyst will realize that in a
prosperous period the principal
threat to efficient functioning
OF free enterprise system is
initiation. We look back on four
years Of prosperous activities
during which prices. the cost of
living, have been relatively stable
that is. imitation has been held
in check. But it is clear that
the danger is always present,
particularly If the Government
might become proflipate in it's