From Volunteers for Humphrey Citizens' Committee 1722 Hennepin Avenue Finneapoli s, ~ rinnes ota

FOR U · ~DIA TE RELEASE J1,!onday, September 13, 1954

Senator Hubert H. Hum~hrey will car~ his campaign for re-election to Congress into south-central Minnesota late this week v'fi. th appearances in Cottonwood, Lincoln, Blue Earth and Le Sueur counties.

Friday Sen a tor Humphrey will speak at :'!1ndom 1 s Flax Day ce lebra ti on. That evening, he'll attend an area-~~de DFL dinner in his honor.

The Senator's Saturday schedule ~~11 take him to Lincoln Count,y

in the morning where he will speak at Plowville 154, Hinnesota 1s

annual soil conservation field days and plowing matches, south of Lake Benton. The Senator ~Qll S?eak at 11:30 a.m. and will be guest at a dinner given at the home of Mr. and WJl's. Walter Cyriacks at 2:30 p .m.

Saturday evening, the Senator will be in r'ankato where Democrats ·are planni ng a district-wide testimonial dinner for the Senator and Harry Sieben. Sieben is DFL candidate for Congress from the second district. Joseph Hal pern and Forrest Talbott are in charge of arrangements for the dinner which will begin at 6:30p.m. in St. Peter and Paul's Church, Mankato.

The Senator again will be on the speakers' platform at a Farmers r Union picnic in Le Center Sunday. The event, which will be open to the public, is ~onsored jointly by the Le Sueur and Scott counties Farmers' Union. The Senator will speak at 12:)0 D. m.

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Office of Volunteers for Humphrey 1722 Hennepin Avenue Minneapolis, Minnesota BRidgeport 4112

FOR RELEASE A. M. PAPJmS SUNDAY, SEPI'EMBJm 19, 1954

SOVIET SEIZING ECONOMIC INITIATIVE IN WORLD, HUMPHREY WARNS

Soviet Russia has •,rrested a~•ay the economic initiative from America at a time

when world peace hinges upnn realistic world trade, Senator Humphrey warned last

night in an address before a Second District Democratic-Farmer-Labor banquet rally

at Mankato.

"International relations are not some distant policy mystery that only affects you and I when they bog dovm and lead to military conflict", Senator H1;mphrey said. "our relations with the rest of the world affect our every-day life here at home -- our jobs, our incomes, our opportunities to go ahead with the j ob of building a better America f or Americans -- and the lives of our sons.

"Wha1t: is happening in the world today?" Senator Humphrey asked. "Where is

America's bold initiati ve, that we have heard so much about?"

"We do not today hold the initiative -- militarily, diplomatically, or economi­cally. We have taken humiliating defeats at the "Ymrld' s conference tables. We\ are tak:i,.ng even more dangerous defeats in the realm of world trade and economic rel~\. , t ions. As we fumble a11d fail on the diplomatic and economic fronts, we are being slowly but surely forced to turn m' re to dependence on r1i l:!.tary sec·uri ty -- in an \ era of the H-Bomb when t here is no military secur ity.

"Make no mistake about it-- America's ent ire · f ut ure hinges upon its ability to work out realistic trade policies with the rest of the world."

Deploring fail'LJre of the Congress to enact a real trade program d11ring the

past year, Senator Humphrey called attention to the fact that the "Russians are

taking a determined economic offensive, and the free world economies will have tb \

meet it to survive. \ \

"Right now, during September and October of this year, delegates from nearly all of the Asian nations are vi siting the Soviet Union to stvdy industrial and agri­cultnral development -- at the expense of the Soviet Government", Senator Humphrey revealed.

"One real irony of the c1.1rrent visits of Asian delegates to Russia is that it will be highlighted by a giant Soviet agricultural exhibition -- yet, it is no secret that Russia's agricultt~e has been in terrible shape while ours is the world's most advanced. Why isn't the United States making st:ch a bid for future \vor ld trade?"

Senator Humphrey declared that the Soviet Union had negotiated at least ten

new trade agreements in Asia and Latin America for over $100,000,000 worth of trade

annually during the last year, while our country negotiated none.

"Let us not put otll' sole reliance in military security at a time when economic' relations largely have s upplanted diplomatic relations in shaping the pattern of the ~•orld 's f1Jtm·e", Senator Humphrey declared, calling for America to "assert our leadership" with a poE?itive program of a long-range trade policy 1.mder which "we can bid vigorously for world trade"; making use of our food ab1.mdance "as a humani­tarian diplomatic weapon"; pressing vigorously for technological assistance to underdeveloped areas, and "expanding rather than restricting our student and teachel exchange programs to stimulate world understanding".

"Only in such constructive ways can we achieve the peace we seek", Senator

Humphrey declared.

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ept.e 16, l95h

Tha. u, fri nds • • •

h:lt a thrill it is for . e to t erueh eption,

and seo uch EJntl"..usio$ rnon our oocra.tie- n or-Labor

and orkero in th f nd Con rossional

Di triet

Y011 hn ro rinht to ch enthusiaarn.

You hn eat Conrrros 1onal c ndid.at ·, in my

good fri nd, · rry i ebe. ot tin •

·ou hP a great candid- .t$ for 11overnor,. in .y

vi orou C()-' orr.er £or liberal ocrney, OrVill . ee

ictory is in the ni.r ••• a ·I, vic to ••• a victor

ror 'th -eople or inn .rota, over th fore s or r action

and inaction&

All ot us ace a 're t challe e nd a gr t. oppor­

tuni..,y in th elect·on this 11.

1 e face the <tm.llen e of proteotinr- t.. great econ­

o. c nd llocial ge:ina of tho past !C!fl decades fro being

furthor wiped out by th fore ot pecial privilege now

at th lt or our ovemm.ent r.ationally' •••

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w t:aoe tho ohallan"' of c1 uan· '; out t, e tfici ey

and o! public tru t, 1n our e dminietration.

ce tho opportunity of' eti both cr.al-

lth an ov victory by oarr,ying the !. ots

to the oplo ot t.nnosota, and putting our faith 1n t

p ople .

't'her • e n€! ~ e. a.k ning mo tb

liinn o'tll .

pl. of

They aro tirrinr j..n ;;rotest at r vel tion ai'ter rev­

elation o! 1nof1:1cienc:r and laz:Lnt~s nd ou rif)lt corrut:-

or t fa -'Ored f •

It'~ n sure sien tr t estl s ci iz ns

ar realizing once again that tho

clarat o or ~ndenc. ... t fort_. our objecti r i

t o£ "~e, the eopl ••• ''• not " e, t 11

0 treet hankerst •••• or ' e, th.e n ch of 1ndustJ7. u

T re 1 riou n a ni , for

1t is onl.y th f:lRS.; voic of tba gr t body o! A orican

c1 izeno that c n erae.y err oti • And

emocra.ey .!U T be kept e foctiv ., n .. a t/ it

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i on trial £or it:J very ... urvivnl i tr..i& troubled world •

• e h ny Vital tio proble , t . tare of

eep oo oem to all of us. F rm inc ~e is till falline,

too Jn1.lJ\Y A rican re jobl , too ny A rioan are

ing enalized t>.. tax in quali t1c.s, too lit tl tten­

ti n i oing ,i ve merle 'e n ds !or 1:101'0 and better

cohools •

.. ut tonight I ~ t to talk for · omenti abOut oth r

rhaps a little furt r fr our mv.n pock f.­

books, t OQ.U ly :i.mpor t to 11 of Ul:h

I refGr to 1\merlcn'" f'a. .... luren in tho itlter­

tl."ltional "col war~' - our diplomc tic and co:norti.c

defeats 1 t.tmt br.:l.rl"! a clo. er and clo r to t!'.ili tary

ril.

Above .lJ. else todRY, p*'tace mu t be ow· ob,jeetivu

- peace l!Fith honor, .ace ith ju.st1ee. iUt e cannot

ho to aehi such a s cure and las ing p aoe w thout.

a hield of &tl"e t.o pres rv; it, and conditions

t oughollt the rld con<iuoi o maint.ainin

Int. rnationa.J. relat.io o.~ ro not some distant

policy ·tery that only affects you atld y

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bog down and 1 ad to miJ.itnry coni'liot.

r lation with th rs t or world orr ct

lifo ~ere at ho - o · jobs, our nco

o ·r opportunities to o cad w1 tb t job o bUildi

b r A ric for ~ericnn~, - an the 1i e of our

in th mr · ay?

1s A"'C)l'ic 1 r. bold init.i tiv , t t

heard s muc bout 1

cspit.c all tn oloe·£1l•' .... a "'. ~-:·lit'""' ~ of ~le

happy ~uckstsrs o:})lo .. ·u ~ t.h·· 't.fltuli\ltu• 1~ ad ship

to · ucloud th uctf.. i'r "lt the ncnn pe pl , thooc

f ct..,. l'C.,;sin to !ltaru coJ.tll~· 'n t.hc, f.'nc~:

do no'· .. ot. cy hol 'he 'ln· Uo.~ivo - mlit:rzril;r,

di.plor tically, Ol' u ·ono. · ca.U··.

'{e hav taken humili tine d !'e, t!i' at th. world•o

co erence tabl •

in wn nor d €orou• de et in t

realm o world trade an conomic re tion •

o e .fumble and f il on tho "iplo tic l-In

,

ocono c fronts., we are b ins lowly bu" surely force to

turn n to d en nee on military security- in an

when the 1 no

· ke no stake · bout- 1 t -- A rica • entire tutur

hin &e upon its abUi t to orl; ou. t l'Calist o tr · e

liei a ith the st of the tld.

publican cam in to c-:~ur n

s a tO t n ra. o, not Aid•' - but

. w ju. ho. 1e slocan , not the t~nde. ha

:s-till £ail:od to enac-t s real t ·ado cram, becau e or

the f f ' , ro o t.l c Adr inietration to ven b--ck up the

ion on tra !J ic:::..e~.

1:. s .o fum la and s tr>J. , r hat i r. th .. ~ ot Uniot

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pt cr end Gctobcr o .. this

y nr, d 1 ;;;ate• fror.c necrl· :'ill th.;. • sian nc'Gion.: -­

.tY tion"' so crj.tie..U to surViv. of d . cracy - r·

i il;ing the ... ovi t nion to et cy i.nduet.ri and

a rimlturul d lo1JID Q! th~

, viet (ova

Ooo real

del ga :S to.

·ony o£ th~ c\.U"l"'ent vi"it"' of' Aoian

eic. ia that it, ill bighl ht.ed

b a giant ~oViet agricultural xhibition - y t, it

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i r.o ee:rot that : r-cla' a ·rlcultu.d.l has be n in ter-

rible sh p0 e ~urs 1 th rl.d• ·.ost dvanc d.

·nited Stn a . , iru?. such a bicl fer !uture

rld p nee?

'L"his y ar the ·oviet lion has negotiat d at 1 ast

ten n , tr<lde agroe~ents in Asia and t.at.in f. cries -

agreement tor over 100, 000, 000 rth of.' trad ror e

J ar. hose greer:cnts concentr 1'. on vitnl atori­

alG tJu: t .t')J i · urze J tJ.y nct;de. Underdeveloped r as of

th.a •:orld haYc lon.:; boon .. o"!:'r" c::i aOo-.. r~ •.m~tat.la r

rm.l :.em the ,·s:-i" illltJ h<aV< .,to pod ;.n

to h'll ~tt\bll.:.:e ·.:en_ - ror t:., ir -; 1 cr-ofl -

while t.no Unit;e·.i , · ~i .. e, .;i,J.U. e:u··~ t,...., ~ act ~ lc:r ~­

to ,.,, trrdo rocra. O":t nlnt~ 1:.1~ ray r r our 1 ode .... hip

in the orld' E' ecor.:oncr !to .ocet~ a1 !or mocra.::·' s

aurli\Tnl.

Let uc not ov T'loo ... be lesnons o! the pnfJ tr1o

yearr.. tat u aw 1 to t r o l' zntion that r re

losinc th conomio .:.nitiativ in the cold ar. d

let u not put our oolo reliance lr . ~litary security,

«~ a ti when economic r a t..iona h ,.v"' 1 ar~;aly u plan tad

diplomatic relation in hapin the p ttern of the rl.d'

i'utu.J:< •

Th- n o obering t.'wughts upon hich w houl

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all rei'leot.,. Tbey- ~ ... o ohalJ.on:,;ea not {lttrti.'ltm in nature,

yet beco g ncr& nd ruor i)::!X't!!3'an bearola or th

party rt . r t; !'ac tbe . squarely -

and to c pt bi-partisan cooper ion in sol vin th .•

reas:1ns, sotmd r a on , for th A n.o

peo le ~ o • out. in thl · e ction nd end a T em.o-

cr tic (.ongro to , shi1 vton pledg ·~o a a ert. A rica's

l erohi in tne orld onoo ore _ .. sort hu ·nnit rian

l aderre , an cono .. .ic 1 der hip - not ju t. a lead r-

hip of liJ.u ~ nd bluff and t~..r at, li3Ckint; ore

or tha will o bee such bluff's i.. ot.ion.

o can a Nst. adopt · l.o' g-range ·t.rad~ polio)" •

and bid vigoroual or ·od.d •

. emu t.. eu as a

plOI.~tlc e pon in A 11 r·ld wwGr <>o 'il.\lC

o! the populatlon i~ hu ! ry a 1m 'tf ... .fed •

. ust pra vig~J."''Ll l.y t. l;,ovh1\olo"'10 l asai t-

anc axps

r thor h r trict our t.u n au ... acher xchal ·

o ti :Ll."l to rorld nderstandin _ •

.. in sue conotructi ay can.

ace eel'.

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Kankato Dinner

Septeaber 18, 1954

Thank :rou, friends • • •

What a thrill it is for me to get such a reception, and

see such enthusiasm aong our Democratic- Farmer-Labor Party"

leaders and workers in the Second Congressional Diatriotl

You have a right to such enthusiaam.

You have a great Congressional candidate, in f1f1 good

friend, Harry Sieben of Hastings .

You have a great candidate for overnor, in my vigorous

co-worker tor liberal dcooracy, Orville Fre811&ll.

Victory is in the air ••• a DFL victory ••• a victory for

the people of Minnesota, a victory for progress . Yes, there ' s

a new awakening among the people or Kinneaota.

There is a serious need tor such an awakening, for it is

only the determined voice ar the great body or American citizens

that can make democracy effective . And d•ocracy llUST be

kept eftecti v

survivlil in this troubled world.

We have ey vi tal dome tic proolems 1 that are of concern

to all of us . F rm inca!le is still .f'alling. It s fallen over

1~ since the present administration began its work. Yet the

dministration calls it a necessary adjus ent and enacts legislation

to push farm income still lower.

Too ny ricans are jobless . early S million willing

work rs re un ployed or on part-tim • Th administration has

done nothing, though this conomic complacency will cost the

American econ 20 billion of lost production thi year.

Too any American ar penalized by' tax inequalities. Yet

th Republican leadership gave tax relief to those who needed it

le st and rejected our efforts to enact a fair tax law which would

have given a $20 tax reduction for every man, wanan and child and

pumped lt billion of purchasing pOlfer into th economy.

Too little attention i being paid to the crying need for

more and better ohools . Yet th Republican leadership refused

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Millions of erlcans need decent low-cost housing. Y t

th administration •·cuttled the public housing program nacted

t Democratic administrations .

But tonight I want to talk: for a cment about other problems

perhaps a 11 t·'.Jle further from our <Mn pocket-books, yet qual.ly

important to ll of us •

I refer to Am ric ' s failur in the internati.onal 'cold War•-

our diplomatic nd economic defeats, that bring ua closer nd

closer to mill tary peril.

Above all else today, pe ce muot e our objective-- peace

with honor, peac with justie • But we cannot hope to chieve

such. a secure nd lasting peace without a shield of strength to

pr serve it, nd condition throughout the world conduciv to

ainta.ining peace.

International relation ar not s e di tant policy my tery

that only 1'1' e ts you and 'When they bog down and 1 d to

mill tary conflict.

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Our relations w:i th the rest of the world affect our

every-day li.fe here at home - our jobs, our incomes 1 o11r

opportunities to go ahead with the job or build1ng a better

America tor Americana - and the lives or our sons and daughters .

Wba t• 8 happening in the world t.oda.y'?

Where is America's bold initiative, that we have heard

so much about?

Despite all the slogans and catch- phrases of the happy

hucksters employed by the Republican leadership to becloud the

.t'acts fran the American people, those .t'aets remain to stare us

coldly in the lace:

e do not tcday hold the initiative - militarily,

diplamaticallJ, or economically.

We have taken humiliating deteats at the world's conference

tables .

e are taking evm more dangeroUB defeats in the realm

of •orld trace and economic relations .

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we r ble and fail on the dipl tic and economic fronts,

we re being lowly but surely fore d to turn more to dependence

on military sec,Jrity - - ~.n an r of the H-Bom.b when t er 1

no military security.

Tbe fact that the administration has been big on slogan ,

but sm 11 on creative ideas$ b trays lack of unders nding of

what foreign policy is all about . Ther is one fund ental

they have for(7otten- that foreign policy is just what the

term means . It is directed toward other nation , Dd that i

the 1m ortant p rt of it .

It shouldn't be necessary to spend most or your effort

doing a elling job on the American people. And it wouldn' t

have been nece sary to do that if Republican orators hadn ' t

s nt so uch ti running down a sound policy in the years

before 19.5.3.

t can he De ocra tic P rty do for our foreign policy

this :Call? Just this- it can h lp restore to our foreign

policy o e good de oor tic philosophy. e oan - and we should -

h lp tni Nation to d velop a for ign policy that will be

consistent with the ay or llf lf'hich we l d here at ho e.

The gre t pro rams o£ the Demoora tic Party hav allr ys

str s ed grass roots initiative, 'i' ther t n gover ent publicity

and control. a i the d ocratic philosophy and the demo-

crati.e m thod. The TVA is an e ple of this way or life;

so is the system of democratic, farmer-run r program

which we ~to h ve in this co 1try -and wUl again, with

th next D ocratic admini tratio •

Th.i sam appro ch is also sound in the difficult area oi'

foreign policy. During the past year we have heard lot of

talk about our government siezin the 'initi ti e' in foreign

policy. '!his is fin talk - whil Republicans have been talking,

12 illion Indochinese have drifted behind the b boo curtain,

and the Europ an rmy plan has died lingering death .

The r ct is, 'initiative' doesn't sprin fr press

rel ses. It has to b based on olid nd d pendable a ti tudes

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and polici s . Initi tive doeon't cam fr governments alone;

1 t. hao to be based on popular support. If peopl are going

to support foreign polici s, they have to know what th y are

supporting. Th.a t is why foreign policies have to b solid am

dependable.

Our grea te t advantage over communism i simply this 1

that the foreign policies of the free nations of th est

have to b founded on popular support. This means that these

polibices are solidly based and durable - we know they can be

depended upon.

e ought to rem her thi ad antage . And we therefore

ought to be far ore careful than we have been bout eng ging

i l psychological arf'are and higb- preesur sal smanship in

American forei gn policy - both at han and abroad.

let' take concrete c e to illustrate this probl •

Perhaps the re test probl we face today concerns the

r birth of a new Germ~. and the restoration of the fr

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Oeman p oplo to a :free and equ place amon nations. As

everyone knows 1 this s critic l problem today b cau tho

propo d uropean Defense ComruiJ~ty tailed. The r son tor

tbis .failure ar complex., but on of them, I believe, 11 in

high-pres5ure tactics b,y our own gov ~ent.

The outlook, however, is not so black as it y e •

Ge r arm.at1 nt and full Gorman sov reignty should pring

tran th desir o:f' the Geman people themselves. There is a

need tor rman initiative, rather than just American pre ure,

if r al uropean defense ayst ie to be or ated.

This 1e so because durabl policy must r st firmly upon I

the desires of tree people. It i so because this pproach will

put the qu stion of a u.<'•lifi urop an detens squarely1p to

Europeans th elves - they will h ve to .face the question

b ee.usa the Gennan peopl ak th t it be faced.

Sur ly w do not want to get ourselves in the poai tion of

pushing for s etning ich the German people th maelve do

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not • nt. For this r~a on, I bell ve that both the present

and past administrations mad mistak s in pushil'li too h rd

and too oon for German rearmament . e hould r her the

great desir of the German p ople for the unification of their

country.

Germany today i divided because of a cynical viola:tion

of postwar agreement by Soviet Russi • Germany has bee e

mor _and ore divided as the Russians have remilitarized East

Germany. Every on in Germany em read the igns - and everyone

lcnmrs t t the so-call d •Volkspolizei' ean the rebirth of

militarism. in st Germany. This r ... illtariz.ation was imposed

fran bov , by an au ... ocratic communist dictatorship. It as

posed d spite the sincer. deoire of tho~trul, erious

Gsrman to live in peace nd in an a o pher or freed •

Today, the le ders or # st Germany have r al1zed that the

division of Germany is a r~ct. Becaus of the f ct of a

divided Germany and a rem.ilitarized East Germany, we hav

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to race th f ct ~ ~ ~ !. Ir course, and

only course, for our pollcy is sovereign est Germany,

Yi thin a fr syste:~ of the canr.11 def nse of Europe.

Freedan is a strong incentive . Today it is clear that

the gr atest incentive w can offer to East Germany is a free

and sovereign st Germany, committed to defend the estern

tradition of Christian Democracy for ich th l ader of

est Germany stand.

The l dership of Yfest m Germany has recognized the e

t eta . A European defen e syst lti.ll be achieved. And, in fact,

today th Germans themselves - under one of the great Europeans

of modern times, Chancellor Konr d Adenauar - are taking the

ini tiativ in se king a new w y · to achieve a common defense of

European freed s .

Chancellor Adenauer is a an who repre ents the best· traditions

of Gennany; traditions which have culminated in the Chri.s"tfia.n

Democratic ovement. Today - nd especially sine the tragic

death of Alcido De G speri - Chancellor Adenauer has been tne

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chief spokes an for a politiaal philosophy llhich has been

the most creative fore in Euru e sine th ar - preci ely

because it is based upon th traditions which 11 Europeans

hare. 'lllo ChrL. ti Democratic movement h spurred all

uropeans, in partnc:rah1p, to r crea a fr e and stable Europe

ai'ter the devastation or ar.

Today it is Chane llor Ad nauer 1t o is pr ssing for

con ulta.tion , soAking new ways to provide for the common

d tense and 1fell-b ing of urope . Today we lul.v to recognb

th t the Gorman people have again become th leading potential

power on t.'le E''ropean continent. 'l'h estern world is fortunate

that Ge n leadership is ocepting the responsioillties that go

with power, and is seeking a way to serve the d ocratic aims ot

Euro •

lhe real point of this l. tl t today we hav the German

1ni tiative we n ed in order to cr , te a opean defense ys •

cause of tbi f ct, I believe th future is now pr~aing for

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uropean de · otlS uy, taw.. lw pl ase note, th futuro is

bri ·use the init~tiv is now in urop hands .

h point of this ple i t in .t: or ign policy, no

"or 1a.n in d tic :t~Olicy, can all ir.iti&tive c .from above.

object of erican i'oreir;n policy a ould not be to produc

ball;yhoo out :.i zing the initiat.i ct. object or American

f oreigu policy auld ue to creat.e. 'Ule oondi tion that ill

produce a cOOiW.on, and Ulare.for t:1. stratij; policY,, on th part

o£ the .rrt)Q world.

Th for i n . olicy of thi inistration r pr nta

good. id gon wrong. Th id , fo ulated by D ocr tic

n tra.t.ions in l947 and 1948, as cc:i.l&ct.ive poli<T.f of

~ - de.fe on ~ fronts; tne conomio,

th 1d lo cal ond tbe m.ilitar;r. .Jince 19~3 th t id .a b en

pew r into th .flal.se belief t.hat our Nation can ass full

orld through lo •

'Iber slo ana bav l d to loppy 1.nld • near as I can

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mak it out, this seems to be the philosophy of tho administr tion:

1) 1e will not only contain communis J w-e will also liberate

the ns ~ed peoples;

2) e will do this by abandoning mill t<lry power at the points

where communi m borders the free wcrld, and lnstead ph size

mas ive retaliation against Eo cow.

3) atJsive retaliation can best be achi ved by cutting the

d fense budget.

This is diplanacy by propaganda . Our talk of •massive

retaliation' has frightened our allies, who re much more vuln r ble

to Sovi t atomic attack than e are . Yet we are depending upon

these allie~ for the cannon defense of ~urope and Southeast Asi •

e have cut our military budget, .following the slogan, "a bigger

bang .for a buck." e have, therefore, brought our military policy

and our diplomacy close to a partin' of the ays .

<Ale thing Americans should always bear in Jnind is that diplomacy

cannot b r duced to purely ilitary calcul tions without eventual

resort or military measures . Sole reliance on nuclear '«arfare will

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lead, in tbe end, to lit cy war.f'ar'l.

I am afraid, w have forgotten the real foundations of our

past fo eign. policy. e have tried to live in the s hous , and

we have put new facade on the hous so we can pret nd it ia a

n one. But we h ve forgotten th toundation.

Let's inspect the foundation. er since the a.r our . foreign

policy rested on two propos! tions:

l) A erioa and the free orld must become and remain otrong

enough to resist canmunist a • ssion;

2) merioa ahonld take the lead in c1·eating the conditions

under which fr edom can thrive and prosper.

Both of thes f oundations are being undermined. We have cut

the military budget and weakened the str ·ctura on one ide .

On the other side, bile 1re hav tallted a eood ga:ne, we have

progressi rely cut down the programs aimed at. trangtheni freedom

and elf-reliance in the free world. Far fran being on the ini ~ttve,

'We have f 'led to even oet the Ruaaia.ns in economic and sooial policy.

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e no mistake about it - erica 1s entire futur bing s

upon i t.s ability to work out re llst.ic trade policies with the

rest of the war ld.

er inoe the Republicans came into po er we have heard

popular ologans bout n'trade, not Aid" -- but we have just had

tha slo ns, not the trade.

Our i'ar!ll exports hav.e declined - in terms or acreage, by 4$~ -

and farm inco continue to fall . Despite legislation on the books ,

the ct.-dnistration has d no mov as yet to uae our farm surpluses

to supplement the utual 'ecurity Program. They- have spent · U

their time so far trying to ttle admini trati e cat• am- do e

tights .

ght now, Yugo lavi -- which ha ·a a bad crop year- is

negotiating with Russia for large shi ent eat, and our

dmini tr :tion is .mo ning abcr1.1t surplus s .

As ~ e fumble and stall, what is th.e b.OV1 t Union doing?

,The Russians arc taking a determined conomi~ oft nsi v ,

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and the free world economics will have to moet 1 t to survive.

Right now, durin· S ptember and October of this year, dele•

gates from nearl,r all the sian nations - nations so critical

to aurYival of dern.ocracy -- re t'isiting the Soviet Union to

study industrial and aericultural development, at the expense

of the Soviet Government.

One realy irony of tho current visits of sian delegates

to Russia is that it will 'be hiBltlighted by giant Soviet

gricultur 1 exhibition --yet, it is no secret th t Russia ' s

agriculture hae be n in terrible shape while ours is the

world 1 s most advanced. Why isn 1 t the United States king uch

a bid for future world trade?

This year the Soviet Union has negotiated at least 1en

new trade agre~ents in Asia and Latin America -- agre ents for

over 100,000,000 orth of trade far one year. These agreements

concentrate on vital raw materials that Russia urgently neods.

Uqperdeveloped areas of the world have long been worried about

unstabl raw aterials pric s, and now the Russi ns have otepped

in to. help stabillae prices - ·for their own benefit - while

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the United States still refuses to enact a long-term trade

program opening the way :for our J4adersbip in the world's

economy so nee s ary for d ocracy•s survival.

Let u not overlook the lessons of the past two years •.

Let us awaken to the realization th t e are losing the economic

initi tive in the cold ar. nd let us not put our sole reliance

in mill ta.ry security, at time Y~nen economic relations have

largely upplant dipl tic relations in shaping tbe pattern

or the world 1s future.

Remember, trad is a powerful force in tying nations together.

e can' t afford to let collliii.unism. ta~ the initiative from the

free economie of the orld in world trade.

'!hese are sober:i:'ng thougbt upon which we should all refleot.

They ar eh llenges not partisan in nature, yet becoming more

and more partisan because of the refusal of the party in po er

to face th squ&rely - and to accept bi•parti an cooperation

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They are reasons , sound reAsons , for the American peopl e

to speak out in this election and end a Danocratic Congress

to shington pledged to assert erica 1s leadership in the

r world once more - •tssert a humard tarian leadership, an

economic leadership -- not just a leadership of bluster and

bluff and threat, lacking the force or the will to back such

bluffs with action.

e can and ust ado~t a long-range trade policy, and bid

vigorously for worid trade .

We r.mst make use of our fo abundance as a hunani tarian

diplomatic weapon in a world where so much of the population is

hungr,y and underfed.

~e must press vigorously with technological assistance to

underdeveloped areas of the world1 and expand rather than

restrict our student and teacher exchange programs to stimulate

world under tanding.

Only in such constructive ways can we achieve the peace we seek.

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