The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-03-07

which our people have made at
the tcst-ban negotiation table, we
cannot escape the conclusion that
they have closed their eyes to the
reality CT Soviet aims to conquer
the world. tc the unrelenting ma
! turc Of EOViCt expansion and TO
the total arrorality of Soviet
leaders In a masterful speech on
| the Senate floor a few days ago,
u S. Senator Thomas j. Dodd,
! Democrat, of Connecticut, pointed
| out that Whereas we had first de-
manded the right to inspect all
seismic occurrences of undeter-
mined origin, we had over the
years permitted our position to be
( whitfield down until today we were
| indicating a Willingness to accept
approximately On-site inspec-
! tions; and whereas we had initial
! ~ called for monitoring stations
manned by non-nationals of the
country in which they we're located,
/ we have now accepted the princi-
pie that stations should be man
ned by the nationals of these
countries, subject to some kind of
International supervision" AS
Senator Dodd said, "This is as
ridiculous as trusting gangsters to
police themselves and faithfully
report on their own misdoings"
The list of concessions which our
people have made is long
Any treaty or agreement incor-
porating these concessions would
be little value to us. The adoption
of any such treaty CT agreement
would gravely imperil our security
The moratorium was not to our adj
vantage but TO the Russians Adj
miral Lewis Strauss said Natural
ly the Russians want us to stop
testing; the Swear moratorium
which we faithfully kept. was Of
inca'culable value to them"
There is today a strategic nu-
clear stalemato: neither the
United States nor Soviet Russia
would use thermonuclear weapons
against the other for fear of de-
vastating retaliation. This balance,
or stalemate, could and probably
would be terminated should the
Soviets develop a tactical nuclear
weapons capability of overwhelm-
| ing proportions or if the Soviets
achieved a reliable anti-missile
capability. There is string evidence
that the Soviets have been work
ing on neutron bomb, a weapon
capability. There is strong evidence
and such a weapon could be de-
veloped in underground testing
without possibility of detection.
The more unthinkable about nu-
clear war becomes, the more es-
sential il is that we arm ourselves
with the most versatile arsenal of
tactical nuclear weapons. If.
through ihe adoption of a nuclear
han without safeguards against
Soviet cheating, we found ourselves
without weapons comparable with
those of the Soviets. we would
come face to face with the dilem-
ma of surrender or thermonuclear
devastation OF this, am con-
WINGED.
I do not say that we should
cut eff rcgotiation I do say, how
ever, that we should withdraw all
ridiculous concessions and return
to our original demand for genuine
inspection. Until the day arrives
when the Sovicts will agree to
reasonable safeguards. we must
be prepared to defend our Sc
curity by keeping our armed forces
intact and by making certain that
we do not fall behind in the vital
field of nuc!ear weaponry.
There are two possible roads to
peace. One is the proved road of
strength and vigilance The other
is the improved road of negotia-
ton. We must travel both roads,
even though on the latter road we
must travel in yoke with our
avoWed enemy who thus far has
hobbled us at every turn ard de-
manded that We travel this I'M
known and dangerous road with
binders. We can strive to change
these conditions, but we must not
| give up either road I feel that to
/ forsake either path would be to
court war and invite destruction.
Let us place our trust in the path
of strength and our hope in the
oath Of negotiation.
We Can't Afford It; India Can
Fer the reason that it was too ex-
pensive the United States last fall
gave up the idea of buying a
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