Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-22

provides for other needed task
land does the whole withou
monetary imitation or excessiv,
taxation.
There are some who, in yea
to economic. would slash tina
part Of our budget which is Otter
lmiscalled foreign aid" - a
though it did not aid us. Thar
would not be economy. but ex'
travagance.
If the forces and facilitie.
which others provide were sub
tracted from the common de.
tense. the United States defens,
budget would have to be ex.
lpanded vastly from what it nov
is. That is the considered judg-
ment Of the President and hi.
military advisers.
i Based ON Good Will
The free world collective de-
Tense arrangements are moi
ideal. There is nothing auto
matte about them, and they re.
quire a continuing conscious ef-
fort by many nations to Coop
crate and to forego the petty
lselfishness and the extremes Of
|nationalism which could poison
the relationships. But the re.
Ilationship is predominantly one
of good will and trust. 1t marks
a significant step in the long
overdue progress of international
society from anarchy to order,
To maintain and develop this
progress is a basic principle of
our foreign policy.
But We do not believe that the
only. way to security is through
Iever-mounting ornaments. We
consider that controls and re-
lduction of arms are possible. de-
lsirable. and, in the last reckon
ing. indispensable. 1t is moi
Essential that controls should
encompass everything at once
In fact, progress is likely to come
by steps carefully measured and
carefully taken. Thus far it has
mot been poSsibl to assure the
inspection and other safeguards
that would make it prudent for
us to reduce our effective power,
But We shall continue to seek
that goal.
Armaments are nothing that
We crave. Their possession is
forced on us by the aggressive
and devious designs of interna-
tional communism.
An arms race Is costly. sterile,
and dangerous. We shall not
cease our striving to bring it to
a dependable end.
III
| And police system is essen
italy negative. 1t is designed to
repress violence and give a sense
of security. But the sense Of
security is illusory unless. behind
its shield. there is growth and
development. Military collabo-
ration to sustain peace will col
lapse unless we also collaborate
to spread the blessings of liberty.
Trade. from the earliest days,
has been one of the great up
builders Of economic well-being
Therefore. this Government adj
vocates trade policies which pro-
notes the interchange Of goods
to mutual advantage.
Also, the United States, as the
most productive and prosperous
nation. assists other nations
which are at an early stage Of
self development.
1t is SOLDERING to recall that
about two-thirds Of all the peo-
pie who resist Communist rule
exist in a condition of stagnant
poverty. Communism boasts that
1t could change all that. and
points to industrial developments
wrought in Russia at a cruel
but largely concealed. cost in
terms Of human slavery and hui
man misery. The question is
whether free but undeveloped
countries can end stagnation for
their people without paying such
a dreadful price. Friendly nations
lexpect that those who have
iabundantly found the blessings
of liberty should help those who
still await those blessings.
! OF course. each country must
itself make the principal effort
to improve its lot. But others
can provide an impetus and
the margin between hope and
despair. and perhaps between
success and failure. They can do
this by showing interest and con-
Germ: by giving technical guild
lance: and by providing capital
for Development.
1 Much of this is done under
private auspices, and we wish II
could all be done that way. But
sometimes the hazards are
greater than private capital will
assume. So, our Government
supplies some funds for economic
development purposes.
The sharing Of markets and
of development capital is not a
"give-away" operation. 1t as
sures that the free world. Of
which we are part. will be a
vigorous, hopeful community.
That corresponds to our inter-
ests and to our ideals.
Our mutual security program
can and should make our poll
cies more clear and more stable.
Two weeks ago / outlined pro-
posals to this end before a spe-
cial committee of the Senate.
With the help Of the Congress,
and with the support Of the
American people. our trade and
economic development policies
can serve nightly to demon
strate that the peace of free men
Is not the doomed peace Of hui
man stagnation but a peace Of
such vitality that it will endure.
w.
Just as our policy concerns
itself with economic Develop
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