Evening star., 1960-07-29
Nixon Text Campaign on Nov, Nominee Says

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Our Government activities must
be reorganized to take the ini-
tiative from the Communists
and to develop and carry out
a worldwide strategy and Of
fensive for peace and freedom.
The complex of agencies
which have grown up through
the years for exchange of per-
sons. for technical assistance,
for information, for loans and
for grants-all these must be
welded together into one power
full economic and theological
striking force under the direct
supervision and leadership of
the United States.
Because what we must do,
you see. is to wage the battles
for peace and freedom with the
same unified direction and dedi-
cation with which we wage
battles in war. And if these
activities are to succeed, we
must develop a better train
ing program for the men and
women who will represent our
country at home and abroad.
And what we need are men
with broad knowledge of the
intricacies and techniques of
the strategies of the Commu-
niSts. with the keen knowledge
Of the great principles for
which free people stand, and,
above all, men who with zeal
and dedication, which the
Communists cannot match, will
out-think. out-work and out
last the enemies of freedom
whenever they meet them any
place in the world. This is the
kind Of men we must train.
Job for People
And we must recognize some
thing else. Government can
not do this job alone. The most
effective proponents of freedom
are not governments, but free
people; and this means that
every American-every one Of
you listening tonight - who
works or travels abroad, must
represent his country at its
best in everything that he does.
And the United States, big
as it is, strong as it is, we can
not do this job alone. The best
brains, the fullest resources of
other free nations, which have
as great a stake in freedom ,as
we have. must be modified to
participate with us in this task
to the extent they are able.
But do you know what is
most important of all? Above
all, we must recognize that the
greatest economic strength that
we can imagine, the finest gov
eminent organization. all this
will fail if we are not United
and inspired by a great idea,
an idea which will be a battle
cry. For a grand offensive to
win the minds and the hearts
and the souls of men. Do we
have such an idea?
The Communists proclaim
over and over again that their
aim is the victory of COM
munism throughout the world.
1t is not enough for us to reply
that our aim is to contain COM
munism, to defend the free
world against communism. to
hold the line against COM
munism; the only answer to a
strategy of victory for the COM
munist world is a strategy of
victory for the free world.
But let the victory we seek
be not victory over any other
nation or any other people. Let
it be the victory of freedom
over tyranny, of plenty over
hunger, of health over disease,
in every country of the world.
When Mr.. Khrushchev says
our grandchildren will live
under communism, let us say
his grandchildren will live in
freedom. When Mr.. Khrushchev
says the Monroe Doctrine is
dead in the Americas. we say
the doctrine of freedom applies
everywhere in the world.
Welcomes Challenge
And I say tonight let us well
come Mr.. Khrushchev's chal-
lenge to peaceful competition of
our system: but let US reply,
Let us compete in the Com
munist world as we'll as in the