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important, it's not just the speed
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with which we reach our idecisicns
that counts. We have to think
hard and fast and then Get our
selves In motion once we have
decided what to do. Time ana
again we have been left with an-
swers to questions that no lonser
exist.
As he speaks. Mr.. Rusk uses his
brown. horn-rimmed glasses 90 3
5point-maker. At 81, he has Q
round, genial face set. on long.
six-feet-one-inch frame. His light
tan reaches up past the freckles
on his expanding forehead and
into his thinning gray hair.
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There is q quick smile. the rem
nants NJ n once-heAyy Southern
accent and an air 30 quietly con-
fident that It might be mistaken
for difndence were he not so ex-,
tensively and forcefully on the
record about the Job he faces.
The Rusk view Of the United
States role in the sweep Of his
tory was stated with characteristic
directness in an article he wrote
for Foreign Affairs magazine last
April, long before he could have
known he would become Secretary
Of State.
'The United States in this Sec
ond half Of the 20th century" he
began, "is not o raft tossed by the
winds and waves Of historical
forces over which it has little con-
troll. It's dynamic power, physical
and theological. generates histcri-
cal forces; what it does or does
not do makes Q great deal Of diff
ference to the history Of man in
this epoch. II realism requires us
to avoid illusions Of omnipotence.
it Is Just a. important that We not
underestimate the opportunity
and the responsibility which now
from our capacity to act and to
influence and shape the course
Of events. Involved is not merely
q benign concern for the we'll
being Of others but the shape OF
the world In which we ourselves
must live. The range within which
the Nation can make, deliberate
choices is wide; II We do not make
them deliberately, We shall make
them BY negligence or yield the
decisions to others, who win not
be mindful Of our interests. When
the emphasis Of discussion falls
too heavily for my taste upon the
limitations on policy. ! recall
from early childhood the admoni.
ton Of the circuit preacher: Pray
as II II were up to God; work aS
If 1t were up to you" '
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Mr.. Rusk feels that the West
has sometimes been selling itself
short in the global competition
with communism. We should not.
he feels, be so eager to picture
the economic development Of .
backward nation as necessarily
a long drawn out process. West
ern techniques, aided by the SCI
entific progress Of the last few
decades, can bring o country
from o primitive state to modern
life Just as quickly as the ruth
less Communist method. he be-.
heves. .. ~
MIR. Rusk points to Puerto Rico.
his friends say, as an example Of
rapid economic development by
free world methods.
The West now has an accumu-
lated capital Of knowledge and
material which can combine with
dedication and hard work by q
people to outStrip Communist
achievements Of the past, he be-
lieves. An underdeveloped coun-
try needs education. hard work,
efhcient administration. good
health, to- push ahead quickly.
None Of these elements requires
two centuries to achieve.
The West need not fear. he has !
told friends. that it cannot match
the Soviet Union in the growing
competition in the underdevel-
oped countries.
Heoded Study Panel
In 1859 Mr.. Rusk was chairman
Of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund
panel which produced o compre-
hensive prospectus on the mid
century challenge" to American
foreign policy. It had some caus-
tic things to say about statecraft =
in the Dulles manner. But pas
sages on the Secretary Of States
crushing burden indicate that Mr..
Rusk comes to his job with his
eyes wide open. ..
The Secretaryship, said Mr..
Rusk's panel, Is IAN almost i'm
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