Evening star., 1959-12-24

, betterment of themselves and
their children.
The third-their deep-seated
hunger for peace in freedom.
OF this last, permit me to
speak first. 1t must come first.
The assurance of peace in free
dom is the key to the better
ment of peoples everywhere;
and in a just peace friendship
between all peoples will flourish.
"AI Want Peace"
! I assure you that all the
people l saw and visited want
peace-nothlng in human af-
fairs can be more certain.
I talked with kings and pres
ldentS, prime ministers and
humble men and women in
cottages and mud huts. Their
common denominator was their
faith that America will help
lead the way toward a just
peace.
They believe that we look
and work toward the day when
the use of force to achieve
political or commercial objec-
tives will diSappear-When each
country can freely draw on the
culture, wisdom, experience of
other countries and adapt to
Its own needs and aspirations
what 1t deems is best and most
suitable.
They understand that we
look and work toward the day
when there can be open and
peaceful partnership-commu-
notwithstanding of goods
an dideas between all peoples;
toward the day when each
people will make its maximum
contribution toward the prog
ress and prosperity of the
world.
Conflict Scored
Such is the world condition
which we and all the peoples
/ visited hope-and pray-to
see.
Our concept of the good life
for humanity does not require
an inevitable conflict between
peoples and systems-in which
one must triumph over the
other. Nor does it offer merely
a bare coexistence as a salts
factory state for mankind.
After all. an uneasy coexist-
ence can be as barren and
sterile, joyless and stale a life
Tor human beings as the CO.
existence of cellmates in
penltentlary or labor camp.
We believe that history, the
record OF human living. is a
great and broad stream into
which should pour the rich
ness and diversity of many cuI-
lures; from which emerge ideas
and practices. ideals and pur-
poses, valid for all.
We believe each people of the
human family-even the least
IN number and the most primi-
tive-can contribute something
to a developing world embrac-
ing all peoples, enhancing the
good of all peoples.
people Need Help"
But We recognize-we must
recognize - that in the often
fierce and even vicious battle
Or survival - against weather
and disease and poverty-some
peoples desperately need help.
Denied it, they could we'll be-
'ome so desperate as to create
world catastrophe.
In the ultimate sense, a Ma
ion must achieve for itself the
standard of living and the
strength needed to progress to-
ward peace with justice and
redom. But where necessary
esources and technological
kills are lacking, people must
'e aSsiSted-or all the world
will suffer.
In the past, America has been
Our generosity has
'een greeted with gratitude
md friendship. On my trip
many millions cried and
houted their testimony to that.
No country ! visited is short
N the greatest of all resources
young people of good heart
md stout will. Almost every
country is short on the techni-
al knowledge, the skills, the
machines, the techniques-and
he money-needed to enable
heir young people fully to ex-
lott the natural resources of
heir lands.