Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-13
Arab Economic Unit,
Peace Force Urged

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living standards Of the people
IN these Arab nations.
90 Steps 10 avoid q new
arms race spiral in the area.
Unified Action Asked
To have solidlty. the differ
ent elements OF this plan for
peace and progress should be
considered and acted on to-
gether. as integral elements Of
q single concerted effort.
Therefore. hope that this
Assembly will seek simultane-
ously TO set In motion measures
that would create a climate of
security in the Near East con-
sonant with the principles OF
the United Nations Charter. and
at the same time create the
framework for a common effort
10 raise the standard OF living
OF the Arab peoples.
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But the peoples OF the Near
East are not alone in their
ambition for independence and
development. We are living in
a time when the whole world
has become alive to the posi-
bilities for undermining their
societies.
The American Government !
has been steadily enlarging its
ALLEGATIONS TO foreign economic
development in response to
these worldwide hopes, Wei
have joined in partnership with
such groupings as the Organ
ization OF American States and
the Colombo plan: and we are
working on methods tol
strengthen these regional ar
arrangements. For example, in
the case Of the Organization of
American States. we are con-
sulting with our sister republics
of this hemisphere to strengthen
its role in economic develop
ment. And the Government of
the United States has not been
alone in supporting develop
ment efforts. The British
Commonwealth, the countries
of Western Europe. and Japan
have all made significant con-
tributions.
National Programs Cited
But in many parts of the
world both geography and wise
economic planning favor ma
tional rather than regional
development programs. The
United States will, Of course.
continue its firm support Of
such national programs. Only
where the desire for a regional
approach is clearly manifested
and where the advantage Of
regional over national is evil
dent will the United States
change to regional methods.
The United States is proud
Of the scope and variety Of its
development activities through.
out the world. Those who know
our history will realize that this
is no sudden, new policy of my
Government. Ever since its
birth, the United States has
; gladly shared its wealth with
! others. This it has done with
/, out thought of conquest or
economic domination. After
; victory in two world wars and
I the expenditure of vast treas
! ure there is no world map,
, either geographic or economic.
} on which anyone can find that
the force of American arms or
! the power of the American
: treasury has absorbed any for
eign land or political or eco.
t nomic system. AS we cherish
= our freedom. we believe in free
e dom for others.
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The things I have talked
! about today are real and await
: our grasp. Within the Near
2 East and within this assembly
are the forces of good sense,
S restraint, and wisdom to make,
e with time and patience, a
= framework of political order
and of peace in that region.
: But we also know that all
I these possibilities are Swallowed,
: all our hopes are dimmed, by
: the fact of the arms race in
= nuclear Weapons contest
4 which drains of our best tai
9 ents and vast resources, strain
ing the nerves Of all our
!. peoples.
AS l look out on this Assem-
e bly,. with so many of your rep
[ reSenting new nations, one
= thought above all impresses me.
!, World in Travail
' The world that is being re-
made on our planet is going to
0 be a world of many mature ma
tons. AS one after another of
! these new nations moves
5 t through the difficult transition
q to modernization and learns the
methods of growth from this
e travail new levels Of prosperity
E and productivity will emerge.
This world Of individual ma
tons is not going to be con-
trolled by any one power or
group Of powers. This world is
not going to be committed to
any one theology.
Please believe me when I say
. that the dream of world domin-
!, alton by one power or of world
: conformity is an impossible
dream.
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