Evening star., 1959-12-10
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President Extends
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gest hand when, his voice ris-
ing strongly, he declared:
In the name Of humanity
can We not join in a five-year or
50-year plan against miStrust
and misgivings and fixation on
the wrongs of the past? Can
We not apply ourselves to the
removal or reduction of the
causes of tension that exist in
the world?
All these are creations of
government, cherished and
nourished by governments. Ma
tIons would never feel them if
they were given freedom from
propaganda and pressure.
The President declared the
United States is committed to
a ceaseless search for disarma-
ment, and that controlled uni
verSal disarmament is the i'm
peratlve of our time"
But, he said, weakness in
arms often invites aggression
or subversion or externally
manipulated revolution.
Confer With Nehru
The speech, possibly the most
important he will make on his
22,000-mile journey to II lands,
was delivered after he had
talked with Mr.. Nehru for
more than hours.
White House Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty and Indian
spokesmen refused to disclose
anything about the talks. Mr..
Hagerty said there would be
further talks and it is too early
10 say anything about them.
Exhilarated by yesterdays
colossal welcome in New Delhi.
the President appeared chipper
as he began a crowded day
that started with a wreath lay
ing and tree planting in honor
Of Mohandas K. Gandhi,
Indian authorities. alarmed
by the overpoWerlng demon
stration by perhaps Is million
people who turned out to greet
the President Yesterday, called
in thousands of extra police to
handle crowds.
Voice Is Strong
The President spoke in a
strong, clear voice, often de-
parting from his text.
He was most eloquent and
unequivocal on the problem OF
disarmament. He said:
THE demand for it by the
hundreds of millions whose
chief concern is the long future
Of themselves and their chill
dren will, I hope, become so
universal and insistent that no
man, no government can with
stand it."
He pictured disarmament as
the only alternative 10 a STUN
bling from crisis in one place
to crisis in another for
ever fearful that inevitably
some aggression will blaze into
global war"
AS the President strUde down
the aisle to address The 500
legislators in the hall where
India's Constitution was draft
ed 10 years ago, he was fanked
by Vice President Sarvapalli
Radhakrishnan and the house
speaker, A. A. Ayyangar, both
wearing white tunicS.
Nehru Intent
Mr.. Nehru listened intently
from the right Of the vice
president and occasionally fin
gered a rose that was tucked
in his brown tunlc.
At no time did the President
directly mention Red China OF
the dangers of communism.
But these were clearly in his
mind.
He said a long series of
alarms had caused anxiety and
suffering.
These alarms invariably had
their source in the aggressive
intentions Of an alien phlloSo-
ply backed by great military
might" he said. Faced with
this fact, We IN America have
felt it necessary to make clear
our own determination to re-
sist aggression through the pro-
vision of adequate armed
forces
In an indirect slam at COM
munism, Mr.. Eisenhower said
Americans and Indians think
alike because you and We
never boast that ours is the
only way" /
Both are conscious Of our
weakness and fallings," he said.
We both seek the improve
ment and betterment of all our
citizens by assuring that the
state will serve and not master
its own people, or any other
people"
Mr.. Eisenhower speech was
the high point of a crowded
day, the first full day of his
five-day good will visit to India.
He started off by laying a
wreath at the RajChat Shrine
10 MI. GanQnl, the 1Ndlan IN
dependence leader assassinated
by a Hindu fanatic January
30. l948, A crowd Of 5000
cheered him.
Tribute to Gandhi
AS other distinguished foreign
visitors have dore, the Presi-
dent then planted a tree on
the grounds of the shrine, the