Evening star., 1961-04-20

uertcan Society of Newspaper
this afternoon.
est or our security but theirs
which is now in greater peril.
1t is for their sake that we must
show our will.
/ The evidence is clear-and
the hour is late. We and our
friends will have to face the
fact that we cannot postpone
any longer the real issue of
survival of freedom in this
hemisphere itself.
On that issue, unlike perhaps
some others, there can be no
middle ground. Together we
must build a hemisphere where
freedom can flourish; and
where any free nation under
attack can be assured that all
our resources stand ready to
respond to a request for as
SiStance.
Third, and finally, it is clearer
than ever that we face a re-
lentleSs struggle in every corner
of the globe that goes far be-
yond the clash of armies or
even nuclear armamentS.
The armies are there, and in
large number. The nuclear
ornaments are there. But they
serve primarily as the shield
behind which subverSion, in
filtration and a host of other
tactics can steadily advance,
picking off vulnerable areas one
by one in situations which do
not permit our own armed
Intervention.
Power and Deceit"
| Power is the hallmark of
this offensive-power and dis
cipline and deceit. The legit-
innate discomfort of yearning
peoples is exploited. The legi-
mate trappingS of self-de-
termination are employed. But
once in power, all talk of dis
content is repressed-all self
determination disappears-and
the promise of a revolution of
hope is betrayed, as in Cuba,
into a reign of terror.
| Those who staged automatic
riots" in the street of free
nations over the effort of
Cubans to regain their freedom
should recall the long roll call
of refugees who cannot now go
back-to Hungary, or to North
Korea, or to North Wet Nam,
or to East Germany, or TO Po-
land, or to any of the other
lands from which a steady
stream of refugees pours forth,
in eloquent testimony to the
cruel oppression now holding
sway in their homelandS.
/ We dare not fail TO see the
inSidious nature of this new
and deeper struggle. We dare
not fail to grasp the new con-
ceptS, the new tools, the new
sense of urgency we will need
to combat it, whether in Cuba
or South Wet Nam. And we
dare not fail to realize that it is
this struggle which is taking
place every day, without arms
or fanfare, in thousands of
villages and markets and class
rooms all over the globe.
The message of Cuba, Of
Laos, of the rising din of Com
munist voices in Asia and Latin
America-these message are
all the same. The complacent,
the self-indulgent, the soft
societies are to be swept away
with the debris of history.
Only the strong. only the indus
trious, only the determined,
only the courageous, only the
visionary, who determine the
real nature of ou rstruggle,
can possibly survive.
No greater task faces this
Nation or this administration.
No other challenge is more de-
serving of our every effort and
energy. Too long we have fixed
our eyes on traditional military
needs, on armies prepared to
cross borders or missiles poised
for flight.
Now it should be clear that
this is no longer enough-that
our security may be lost with
out the firing of a single missile
or the crossing Of a single
border.
"We Intend to Profit"
We intend to profit from this
lesson. We intend to re-examine
and re-orient our forces, our
tactics and our institutions. We
intend to intensity our efforts
for a struggle in many ways
more difficult than war.
For l am convinced that we
possess all the necessary re-
sources, and all the skill, and
all the added strength that
comes from belief in the free
dom of man.
And I am equally convinced
that history will record the
fact that this bitter struggle
reached its climax in the late
l950s and early 1960s.
Let me then make clear as
your President that 1 am de-
termined upon our systems sur
, vival and success, regardless of
/ the cost and regardless of the
, peril.