Evening star., 1960-09-22

address to the United
'Ort are Mayor Robert
AP WirephOtO.
how to verify the complete
elimination Of nuclear weapons,
which is part of the third stage
Of our proposed disarmament
program. There is as yet no
known means Of demonstrably
accomplishing this; we would
hope that the experts could de-
velop system.
United States officials are
willing to meet Immediately
with representatives of other
countries for a preliminary ex-
change of views on these pro-
posals.
Some who have followed
closely the many fruitless dis
armament talks since the war
tend to become cynical-to as
sumo that the task is hopeless.
This is not the position of the
United States.
Men everywhere want to dis
arm. They want their wealth
and labor to be spent not for
war, but for food, for clothing,
for shelter, for medicines, for
schools.
Fears Increase in Danger
Time and time again. the
American people have voiced
this yearning - to join with
men of good will everywhere in
building a better world. We
always stand ready to consider
any feasible proposal to this
end. We ask only this-that
such a program not give mill
tary advantage to any nation
and that it permit men to in
spect the disarmament of other
nations.
A disarmament program
which was not inspected and
guaranteed would increase, not
reduce, the risk of war.
/ The international control of
atomic energy and general and
complete disarmament can no
more be accomplished by rhet-
oric than can the economic de-
velopment of newly. independ-
ent countries. Both of these
immense tasks facing mankind
call for serious, painstaking,
costly, laborious and non
propaganda approaches.
I have specifically avoided in
this address mention of sew
eral immediaet problems that
are troubling the United States
and other nations. My failure
to do so does not mean in any
sense that they are not Of great
concern both to the United
States and to the entire inter-
national community.
| For example, accommodating
evidence of threatening en-
croachments to the freedom OF
the people of West Berlin con-
tinues to disturb us deeply.
. Though of special concern to
the United States, the shoot
ing down of an American air.
craft last July l over interna-
Itional waters, the apparent
killing of four of its crew men,
berS and the imprisonment OF
two others on trumped-up spy
charges is a shocking affront
to the right of all nations to
peaceful passage on and over
the high seas. BY its veto in
the Security Council the So
Wet Union prevented a full
investigation of the facts of
the case. These facts still de-
mand to be heard as a proper
matter for the consideration
of an impartial tribunal.
| The particular problems
have just mentioned are not
merely isolated instances of
disagreements among a few
nations. They are central to
the issue of peace itself, and
illustrative of the continuous
and interdependent nature of
our respective national con-
Germs. They must be confronted
with the earnestness and Seri-
BUSINESS which their settlement
demands.
Must Tighten Bonds
The basic fact today of all
change in the domain of inter-
national affairs is the need to
forge the bonds and build the
structure of a true world COM
munity.
The United Nations is avail
able to mankind to help it Gre
ate just such a community. It
has accomplished what no ma
ton singly, or any limited group
of nations. could have accom-
plished. 1t has become the TO-
rum of all peoples, and the
structure about which they can
center their joint endeavors to
create a better future for our
world.
We must guard jealousy
against those who in alternat-
ing moods look upon the United
Nations as an instrument fol-
use or abuse. The United Ma
tions was not conceived as an
Olympian organ to amplify the