Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-04

W.
lens I have been discussing are
two parts of a single one-the
great need in one country is
for raw materials: in the other
country for manufactured
goods. The two regions COM
lpliment each other markedly.
Must Develop Trade
BY strengthening of Wet
Nam and helping insure the
safety of the South Pacific and
Southeast Asia. we gradually
develop the great trade poten-
tial between this region, rich
in natural resources, and highly
industrialized Japan to the ben
eft Of both. In this way free
dom in the Western Pacific will
be greatly strengthened and the
interests of the whole free
world advanced. But such a
basic Improvement can come
about only gradually. Japan
must have additional trade out
lets now. These can be pro-
vided If each of the industrial
lied nations in the West does
its part in liberaliZing trade
relations with Japan.
One thing we in America can
do is to study existing trade
regulations between ourselves
and Japan. Quite naturally
we must guard against a food
ing of our own markets by
goods, made in other countries
to the point where our own in
dustries would dry up. But the
mere imposition of higher and
higher tariffs cannot solve
trade problems even for us,
prosperous though we be. We
too, must export in order to buy
and we must buy if we are to
sell our SURPRISES abroad.
Moreover, unless Japan's ex-
ports to us are at least main
tanned at approximately their
present levels, we would risk
the free world stake in the Pa
cif1c.
Mutual Advantage Cited
There is another fact that
bears Importantly upon this
situation. In international trade
our competitors are also our
customers. Normally, the big
ger competitor, the bigger the
customer. japan buys far more
from the United States than
she sells to us. She is our Sec
ond largest customer-second
only to Canada. Last year she
bought over $500 million in
machinery, chemicals, coal, cot
ton and other items from us
and thus made jobs for many
thousands of Americans. She
paid for these with American
dollars earned largely from the
goods she sold to us. If she
had earned more dollars she
would have bought more goods
to our own mutual ADVANTAGE
and the strengthening of free
dom
Now I turn to one other case
where the hard realities OF
living confront us with still a
further challenge. l refer tc
West Berlin, a city of over
million people whose freedom
we are pledged to defend.
Here we have another prob
lem but not a unique one. u
is part of the continuing effort
of the Communist conspiracy
to attain one overriding goal,
World domination.
The Lesson of Munich
Against this background W.
understand that the mere
handing over of a single city
could not possibly satisfy thu
Communists. even though they
would particularly like to elm.
mate what has been called thu
free worlds show case behinC
the Iron Curtain" Indeed
even if we SHOULD acquiesce il
the unthinkable sacrifice O
% million free Germans, sucf
a confession of weakness woulC
dismay our friends and EN-,
holden the Communists to stey
up their campaign of domi.
nation.
| The course of appeasement /.
not only dishonorable, it is the
most dangerous one we coulc
pursue. The world paid a high
price for the lesson of Munich
but it learned it well.
We have learned, too, thai
the costs Of defending freedom
of defending America-must
be paid in many forms. They
are assessed against us in al
parts of the world-in Berlin
in Wet Nam, in the Middle
East, and here at home. But
wherever they occur and in
whatever form they appear
they are first and last a proper
charge to the national security
of the United States.
Mutual security and Ameri.
can security are synonymous.
Arrogant StubbOrnneSs Rejected
These costs are high - but
they are as nothing to those
that would be imposed upor
us by our own indifference ano
neglect, or by weakness Of
spirit.
/ But though weakness is dan.