Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-25

sary of Voice" operations
For Is years now the Voice of
America has been bringing to
people everywhere the facts
about world events. and about
Americas policy in relation to
these events.
This. then, is a fitting occa-
sion to review some aspects of
United States foreign policy. Its
guiding thought is this: we be-
lieve that we can permanently
prosper and enjoy peace only as
all peoples prosper and enjoy
peace.
In speaking of this subject
rather than talk in distractions
II would like to draw picture
It is a picture. in essence, OF the
kind of world which we would
like to see for ourselves and for
our children, and which we think
most people would like to see for
practice of settling the inevitable
There are two parts to the pic
ture. The first part relates to
the building UP of individual
countries and their peoples.
New Nations Emerge
One Of the vital facts of this
century is that dozens of new
nations have come into being.
These nations, along with the
older nations, are struggling
each in its own way-to improve
the lot of their people-through
a better standard of living, more
diversified industry and more
efficient farming, increasing po-
iitical stability. and fresh reali-
cation Of cultural and religious
traditions that are sometimes
thousands Of years old.
The first task of this new age
Is to ensure that this magnifi-
cent surge toward a better life,
both personal and national. goes
forward in all these countries as
rapidly and as safely as possible.
Z The United States has been
working at the side Of most of
these nations, while they have
been making great strides in
education, farming methods.
control of diseases, construction
Of hospitals and roads and
schools and factories and dams
and irrigation projects. and i'm
provement Of political machinery,
legislation. and labor-manage-
ment relations.
Second Part to Picture
There is q second part to this
picture. Suppose we achieved a.
world of healthy. free, sovereign
nations. We would still have the
question: how are they to settle
their differences Of interest
among themselves? For there will
always be differences of interest.
And there must be some source
Of international order.
i A principal source of order in
the world, and one that can pro-
vide an overall pattern, is the
United Nations.
And so. just as we support the
vigorous independence of today's
many separate nations. so TOO we
support just as vigorously the
practice o fsettling the inevitable
disputes between these nations
under the principles and proce-
dures of the United Nations.
The history Of the United
States is that of a struggle for
the right of self-determination
and human dignity. Our story
begins with a ringing declara-
ton which has inspired millions
Of free people everywhere. that
"ah men are endowed by
their Creator with certain un-
alienable rights. that among
these are Life. Liberty and the
pursuit of Happiness. But this
same declaration also states that.
along with this self-determina-
ton we must show "a decent re-
spect to the opinions of man.
kind"
United States Aid Traced
In world affairs this Nation
has striven to confirm and give
meaning to these noble words
Through the years we have
helped new countries achieve po-
litical and economic strength.
And the way we dealt with the
Suez crisis and its after-effects
in the U. N. was also an action
demonstrating our conviction
that international harmony be-
gins with "a decent respect to
the opinions of mankind"
Recently ! set forth before
our Congress proposals about the
Middle East designed to help
bring stability to that troubled
area / would like to show YOU
how these proposals fit in with
what ! have just described as
our purposes.
believe that the well-being
Of the people of the Middle East
requires the nations of that re-
gion to build up and strengthen
their economies and institutions
We want to see that kind of
progress. My proposals fit right
IN with this purpose. for they