Evening star., 1960-10-22
Kennedy Suggests
Areas for Action

ch1fge mas Oeen mdue ire
Quently that the United
States for many years has
been on the dete1rsiue around
the tUorld, that our policy has
been one of reaction to the
Soviet Union rather than
positive action on our 0Un.
What ahead do you see phere
the United States might take
the offensive. in q challenge
to communism 0Uer the merit
. four to eight years?
Senator Kennedy-One Of
the areas, and of course the
most vulnerable area / have
felt, has been Eastern Europe.
I have been critical of the ad-
ministration's failure to Sug-
geSt policies which would make
it possible for us to establish,
for example, closer relations
with Poland, particularly after
the 1955-1956 period in the
Hungarian revolution.
We indicated at that time
that we were not going to in
tervene militarily. But there
was a period there when Po-
land demonstrated a national
independence-and even the
Polish government moved some
distance away from the Soviet
Union. / suggested that we
amend our legislation so that
we could enjoy closer economic
ties. We received the support
first of the administration,
and then not. We were defeated
by one vote in the Senate. We
passed the bill in the Senate
this year, but it didn't pass the
House. 1 would say Eastern Eu-
rope is the area Of Vulnerable
ity of the Soviet Union.
Secondly, the relations be-
tween Russia and China. They
are now engaged in 9 debate
over whether war is the means
of communizing the world or
whether there should just be
subversion, inflltration, eco
npmic struggles and all the
rest.
No one can say what that
course of action will be, but ]
think the next President Of the
United States should watch ii
carefully. If those two powers
should split. it could have great
effect throughout the entire
world.
Thirdly, I believe that India
represents a great area for af-
f1rmative action by the free
world. India started from about
the same place that China did
Chinese Communists have been
moving ahead the last 10 years
India, under a free society
has been making some progress
But if India does not succeed
with her 450 million people, II
she can't make freedom work,
then people around the world
are going to determine, partic-
ularly in the undeveloped
world. that the only way they
can develop their resources is
through the Communist sys-
tenn.
Fourth, let me say that in
Africa. Asia, Latin America.
Eastern Europe. the great force
on our side is the desire oi
people to be free. This has ex-
pressed itself in the revolts In
Eastern Europe. It has ex-
pressed itself in the desire oi
the people Of Africa to be in.
dependent of Western Europe
They want to be free. And my
judgment is that they DOM
want to give their freedom uI
to become Communists. They
want to stay free-independ'
ent perhaps of us-but Ger.
tainly independent of tn,
Communists.
I believe if we identify our,
selves with that force, if W,
identify ourselves with it-a
Lincoln, as Wilson did, a
Franklin Roosevelt did-if W,
become known as the friend
of freedom, sustaining freedom
helping freedom. helping thes,
people in the fight against pov
erty and ignorance and disease
helping them build their lives
I believe in Latin America
Africa and, Asia, eventual!
in Eastern Europe and the Mid
die East, certainly in Western
Europe, we can strengthen
freedom. We can make it move
We can put the Communists OF
the defensive