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S!BA.!IOY lOR A lEW PUOJ OJJ'!lfSIVI

Byt Hubert H. lbaphrtl¥ (United Statea Scator

tor M:lnnMOta)

The preeent atruggle between the torcea ot freedaa

md the to:roel ot alaTezoy 11 more than a mili tal7 8truggle. 'Dle

tree world must arm t lt, but ume are not eough tor the goalJ

of 4-.oora,ev. .klq atrattgy ot the b-ee nationa Which aeekl to

r.ohieYe a goal 1n thi 11 wrld auet be dellianecl to v1n the mind,

heart. aDd IOUl of men tmll'y\fhere. One loyal friend in J'nnoe

is worth aiz baiiOOb &'Ull•• One eomitted ~ inaide the Okraine.

is probab]¥ equal to n.... er1081l tanka. The more triende we

h&Ye the 1 .. 1 arma &Dd tol.diere we need. !he ,.,.. our 1'r11Dda

the gr · ter must be our J"elianee on 8l'IU. Pree me need guna1

but more thm guns,. they n-..d Mandl.

Thia truth 11 obrloua and 1111~ r~nised. 'What

is not .o obrlous ia l&hs t ve lhould do about it . Jlaerioan attitude•

ruge tram a ~ rejection of Europeane and Aaiat1c1 to elaborate

PIIYOhologioal soh••• to win triend1 and influ•c• people.

'lhue, we have tl-equent ~lis ot the •mind• of &u-op~

and the ttmind• of .lata. We are preaented with 'ft%71ng propol&ll to

quote bathtub ete.tiatice, .tress the concept of f'reedo , hammer at

Communist tyrm:my nnd others., . lfe hope that our ptqraJU ot information

and perea&lion will h_ve the gre ..... test oasible success . But I am

t1ml\Y convinced the. t all our Voicea of America will be 'W'8Ut md

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iaeffeotiTe Ullle•• we do now what ve haTe wetu~ taUed to do&

0011e to t8l'lla vi th the areate.t nee4 aDd a8pirat1on ot me 8"f'&l')"where -

the cl.-fre tor peace.

The twentieth GelltuJor deaire tor peace ia UD1Teral1

'\r&neccdtllt, compellin,;, and oTervhel•1Dg . We n •t ba.Ye to be

paychologieta to underatand t •· Juet tal.k to your next door

n ighbor. Like all en, he hae e.n abhorrence of arq kin ot va.r.

But unlike at of earlier aetur6ea, he baa a etark, deep clread of

the conaequeocee of ataaic war in the tllelltieth cllltur,y. Oyer d

over again, h has been told th t the next war will s e no one,

soldier, civilian, liiL!l ..aD or child. So1mti1tcs and non-aoisntista

haTe ueed 8UA phraae. as •dHtruotion of all JUiltind, • md •the and

ot civ1Usat1on,• with such tel.llng etteot tha.t 'the t ho <!reach

moet aboTe werything elae in thia world ia an ata.ic war. In t ia,

your next door nej,ghbor ie uniTeraal., Bt.a mind and heart ia like

that of fl'l'ery other man ~ere elae. The area· ot atoaia war

md the cleaire tor peace ia the angle %301t important payoholag1eal

fact ot our time.

It ia thi elBnantary tact, thia liaple, uniTeral deaire

for peace, tor euni'Y&l., i:.hz.t .Amerioan forfrl&n licy has not underetood1

met, or aatistied. It 11 thi~ fact, above ell others, Wioh the

Comintern has manipul ted and exploited w1 th brutal br1 l J lace.

The most 1m\)()rtant word in Cosmnist propllianda ie the

word, •peace." By their mere repat1 tion of the vord, the Oommuniste

show th t , although we do no~, they .siR, understand the oet illlportant

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p.,-obological t ct of our tiae. The Cm.rnmiata and r.llov trawler•

are al'tfllY• apon110rina 8peaoe eeM.D&a, • 1peace Conterem ea, • and

"peace pet! tiona. • I • told t t the ro-Co.auniet arti•t• Pablo

Piouso, -.de a tpeoia.l contribution to \he party 'b3" a

o'Ye of •p•oe. • 11 these uaee ot the wrd llpN.oe• do not 1aoa

a purpose. International a, vhioh t&ltea the otfSltiTe on

all nta, wants to be Yery sure that it aecrurea all the adTantage

of a llpe&oe• off•ud.Ye.

Ve ~ l~h, or better, or, to see ~t thia ruthleaa

•Itt of alaYety parad s batore the wrld as the parU of peace.

But 1t 1a the,r, uot ue, 'Who haY taka thJ •peaoe• otflllai"''eJ ad

fro it, th9' ve a~ max\ww adVantage beeauae th re Te

be no ooa:at er p ce ta to o ae their ottcd Te.

It ia a tact th t, aoept tor OUl" few and noble pa.cifiata, ,

ti..O..miata do not hold •peeoe• creoea. Our public debat ..

disau•s the queati n ov ben to d.temd ou r1elYea J.t, and lflla, 'WU'

oomes. Our leader a thinge like, "loPe want ttaee,...Ju.l. • or, • ;e

vUl hsve ~e, J.t•' 'lhe &Met 1a ~ apeeoh .. 11 al •· on

the 'bo.t11t and n•erthaleaa.• 'lb aoomt ia &l • on the like-

lihood of ..JK.a. 'nle accent do" not nt to a \l&iting world ct

11.e11 who yeam tor p-.ce tha ve are about to l&UJ:lOh a llpeeoe otf•atn.•

I• it ~ ader that the reat of the world which Mea

UJI '\hJ'oqth the mist of propaceda and tourth hand reporle geta the

iapreellion that we Te warlike aiae? Part of the 'WDrld thinks we

want. war, another part, that we e a cluaav giant lumberiqr into

war, atill 8Dotber that ve trill not be ab~e to &"YOid 'WIU"• Ie it fD3

wonder th~t in mu,y

tor Amerioan liayf

s of the world there 1t little enthuaiaa

I1 ;you are a EaroptNm and you bellfWe that \he next 'WU"

MDI the deetruct1on of trreryoae, inoludi.ni youreelt 1 hov can 70U

brl.Dg ;yourself' to choose e1des? )i)st luropealla Nil diatin«uillb b ..

tveen ODamnia and laeocrao;y, end oet ot t.h• prefer

But vbT ahould th~ exerciae their pretereoe in a war

ooraq.

eh will

deltro.r them? It ;you are going to die perhaps it is better to oboose

to die vlth ;your Made, but it is not a choioe vbioh will etir me

to enthnataa.

Ve speak a great deal to~ about oreati%2g a vill to

IJUI"ttye1 but how oan we oreate the will, hen1 from the atart, 1 t ia

a,reed that there 1e no proepeot tor surri"Yalt He not weleoae

adYloe about how to die, but the:r 110Uld e~~gerq a.oo• to e word•

about hov to 11 'Ye. Var aeu1s d•th, p-.ce MDII life. M.e wnt to

live, tb.,- v1ll atnwgle heroioally for ur., what \he,r want 1e a

pragl'a for life, a P1"'0 tor peace, It doee not ba•e to be 1l"'Ol81ad,

one h1md:nd per oct cerla!n, but it Zlll8t otte the poseib1111f' tlaat

it oan aohi~• and ma1ntain peacet it DIUat bri~ the what the;y ao

eor~ lad - hope.

!he 4M1ft tor ,..a• • clepreas or uou.aeJ it oan be the

... ot apa._ aDd de~r or the IOtll'Oe of polMI'Iul poll tical dln-.1••

Vh-. ~ want ~· md feel that vu it 1ne'rlw.ble, tiler tall lnto

d..,.,U. lib~ ther baTe a t.ilgible hope tor peaoe, th-v are~

to grMt ettort and acUdty.

Our ec:untry doee not t.ppear to have a progl'Ul tor peaoe

and it reaps the bitter harYeet ot hostility, nntnl1•, aad dupatr -

8ftll'1 8lllOEII ita OliD. people. Talk to your n•!Bhbor1 again, thia time

about the IIGreat Deb&te., • I:f" h& llllpporte the HooTer policy, he do ..

eo beoause 1 t reOOE.tlllld.a 1 teelt t',a a :m111 tuy .V.tt~Y. 'fbe Bocmlr

poRl tptlp&aw• a war and argues that the va:r 1 t anticipate•

could beet be conducted fro the Western Hellilpha:re. It ia a pollqy­

aiaed at vinni!ll a war,. ~ot aw141Qg QD.e. It otters little oon110:U,..

tion to .Ameioane, and wch lee• to non-.AIIer1oene1 .eo want d..,arateq

to etiO&pe a !bird WoJ>J.d Ye.r.

It .,-our nej,ghbor mp rll the acadrd ltratlon' e loreian pollq 1

he aq perhape be a little :raore hopetul _ ... but not JIUoh. lllU~,

the oontainaent policy arau .. that the belt ft,ntey ie to cletecd

o\U'MlYee 1n "e•t81"D: ~pe and at "''ari.ou• other pointa P.J!'Ound the

SGY!at aar&eian periaeteJ>. Poll t1~ 1 the containmct policy

e:qire.,._ the hope the.t if the SoYiet rulM a:l"e oontained for a period

o£ time, tbfJI will 'Blow down• and let the relit ot the world llYe at

peace. Yet " bov that there 11 little llbl.ihOod that the So'Tli!J\

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~ v.Ul llOY down. tor u1 • the people ot the wrl4,

the ooat&1Da•t pollay 1~ a ana pJ!Opol&l to h- on, hope tor the

ben, all the lihile -.f ting tor Yb&t 11 IIIUGh aore laeq - the rn.

ihiah .. _. he tuppDrtl, i10l.aUon or oont.ainaet, the

next dOor vill do .:a tdt.h little hope that ather poliGT will POf.4

war. Sbould he ·etill po1ae1s th talnteet gH=e ot hope1 lt

will be buried under the knowledge that both propoal• in the Gnat

n.Gau oall tor ttll'n1ng the world into ar:med eaape - w1 th lone

aUita:ry een:lce and •-.er cinlian OO!UJuaption - vhieh taee eaob oth«r

in a .W.te of terri.bl t.laion tbat blight• all plul fOl" the ~tura.

Ir .Ameriean• are not ineplred b.r the Gz.at De te

how ~oh l••• 110 are the Juropean1 wboae oountrle• are lees able to

afford Jlilitar,r ap~turea, who attteed the 1101 !n the lan wr,

and le fteldl vill be ~· battler;round ot 'Ute nm O!le'

'!he 'Great Daba:\e• ~ oleu the llind, but it doee not

lltt the heart. It~ tundshee fUrther ground for ape.tll7 aDd

deapalr. Both propoale lllake th great m1atab. Both tail to ham .. •

the wrld wide e lee latent in the UDinrsal cte1ires tor peace.

lalther etrike the true note ot a 'Yalid progNIIl tor peace. Both eurreder

the peace otf'cllTe to Stalin and the Poll tbure.

'ibe fault doee not lie with Mr. s.o..r_ Mr. 'faft, 801"

Mr. A.Gheeon, Th~ eametJt:q and ~t~ deaire peaoe.. Each of

th• ~ for a large eeot.ion ot the erioan eople vbo lhare the

saae actiact. The fault llH with the whole Vestem mind whi,oh hae

so anx1ou~ dea!Md peace that it has eut.itted to the bJ.ulnM'l of

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htemational Orwm'n' a.

It ia not euy to clo otherwi... Our dU ie thisa

tU on.lT oondit1on3 vhiah llight brina a pem1111ant peace to the J'l4

are those conditione Wiah trl8ht cau.e the ao.nmiat .Ute to threat&

war" Thue w muat either :ronounce the true oon4itiona and proYO~•

the threat - or - it;nore the true OODdi tiona or peace and be

preoiaaq in the position 'Where Stalin wnta u•. Ve are thua left

wi t.hout a peac ortend n.

Let me explain in more detail "111\'r :r bellne that the

Oommm1at elite baa bleone'led the 'Weatom Vorld •

.,eaoe11 111 the most iaportant wrd in the Ocwnnniet

araenal.. It is pllt to liiiDY uees by" Oomlllmi8t ])l'Opeg&Uda. Haa;y

the llietake or beJ.18Ybg that the Ccwnmillta Ull the word aiapq

aa a .are tor the gul.llble. lo greater error oould be aade. It

the Oonnurd sts used the wrd ltpeace• ai.Jan.q to oou'riDOe ,U.Uble

people ot t.heir peaceful intmtiona, th• would be ae ftupld. ae we

tooliably IJUP.:'OSe thm. to be. 'fbe world 18 not 80 &ulllble and

the Qcewnat ate lmov it.. 'fbtv uee tha word to oonvinoe , md where

they oannot convince to neutralize, and vhere th., oannot neutnl.ize

to territy.

'l'ake the wrd "p-.co. • On ono aide or it there 1e the

deaire tor ~·J on the other aide there ia the ciNad ot • !HI

OOMIJT QKr lOR PElOJ: ALWAYS OOftJ.IJS THE THRil1' O:r ~.ut. Both

are together in Communi t pi0JIItlan4&. Vb:Ue PraYda 801"8Ulll •peace•

it ehouta bout• about 'What the B.t vlll do vb• it set• ita

hallda on .taerican eold1era. In hie latelt lnta'rin: on the pro.,.ota

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tor world lfpeaoe, • Stalin il:ulinuated tl'",e thr•t ot war.

The OOIIL'1.nten "hiah talks inceaAUt~ about the war

}V'ate:i.a of the lfelt ha• with its brutal geniua created aa lJ¥sterla

of its ovn - a peace hysteria.

o ~sterioe.l attitude ie likely' to e.chift'e iw goal., Atad

"Peace byeteria.• will not brine peace.

'l'he Comintem object in its oampaigD ot ltpeaoe h;yarteri.a•

bal!l been to create in the Yeetem world a bllnd, b,rnerieal deG.re

to e..oid war - J11 .1m. po1t.

Bow •peace• ie ~ elll cal vord, It ahould allftlli11 contalra

the question, •at 'What price?• 'lhio the Oolll!1lmista nwer A¥1 bu" their eanin:; 18 quite clear. It is I •Peaoe at our pri.ee. •

'l'hu the Stockhola Peace Petition mmta the peo.oe in which

there ta no killir. by erico.n atOJil bombs, but in which there is

kU~ by Sorlet tankle

The Co.:nmi at line 1• alllqe the BlU!le. 1'he •t tfiE:y

aDd ic quite cleus "w.nt peace, • nqs the Comintern. u.tlt it

1\Yaterica.lly 1 sqs the Ooaintern, end when you e.ro lzy'lterical enough,

"Wb.cm ve haTe torrified. you aut'i"ioien~, you v.l.ll t.ecept peace on our

te.rma -- peaco 'throu&h cppeaasunt and the peue through lllrrender.

The peace ot 1lave17 - tlw.t is what we are offered. It

11 ll sicke!lizlg bugain1 .2Jn .li leut ll cgn+f1pe ..1. Ytrba], oURl.Jz

p•gt. And sinoe 'Wilr is ao torrible in the atollio ;e, -.:11 people

aU OYer the 110rld sea w1l.ling to pi\f the bitt&!' prioe.

eas ent eans wr, and war is llbat

you IIU:rt &'WOid at e.rry coat, sqe the Comintem.

Thio io the Stalini t blackmail, brilliant~ sucoe•etul

1n the atomic ege. All o us 1'1'ho Ye de tel1" dMired peaoe

haYe paid the blackratdlcr - and tbe b olo!Ja1ler nl rrqe returne.

In the lear 19~ the ro d to hell i~t p&Ted in a~

apecic.l. \121¥ with goo intentions. The Comint«rn sup_lles the partng ,

the peace lo~ peoples eu ly the good intention•.

The major viot:L'rla or Bt!!.l..1..n1 st blaolC 1 baTe been the

anti-Oom:mmists and the v&rious ettp. ort~e or th nsut.nl •third

cap. • Thiu should not surprise. 'l'i e Coaintern has no probl• in

uai " 1 t3 triande. It dal!lOllttratea 1 te g eniu 1n d eal.!r:g .d. th i t•

c-.e.,

'fhe Ocatnmistn and tellov travelers all over the world

believe that the Sorlat elite wants pe oe, and eo they wrk nieht and

<1-.v to aooompllsh !ts !'eacetul aims . They beli<JY"e, t!ley o not deape.ir.

They are, there ... ore, a Source or powerful energy . With t..l).en, irrt.n­

natioaa.l Ommmn1 has created the attitude neaessary to oon er the

wrld.

Tb.s third 06!n;> is not pro-Communist, but 1 t ha• 'beer!

t~.lrilled by Oommuni t propaganda. It baa not been taken 1n by'

the Ooziunist peace :ine, but heither will it take up a:r-• abust

Comonmiam. It ie neither for nor ninst OOEll.Ulisa, ~.nd it 1s neithft'

tor nor against democracy. The third c p will not choose. beoauee

it bel1eY • t.h.o.t all.oloe aeul8 w.r, and var, d~tion, In ftin, w

t.U the third oap that we are· et.hioal.q

Mon ol th• know that, 8Dd all ot th• wuld 1Q1cw1t, ¥ ttl., veft

not ilia· ~iftM at th• roepeot of wr.. The 'th1rcl oap doe• not want

to die tor Jut1oe and trMdam, 1 t VUlU to lti'UUl• tor ~·· Sitio•

Vfl l'w:t•e no J»"'flftm tor :Pe&O•, the tblrd oaap 1'81alne 11eutnl.

C)c,muntat propeganda bas aohiend aaotq the etteat

1 t ..-.... 1D the tbirci o.aap. 'The third o-.p vU.l not re111t, and

thoae vho will not aiet 'O_.,un1• are .... ~ oonquered by it.,

But what of the uti-Oe pat.ste, how baYe tht!f be&

'YtctdmiHd bJ' the bintern,. ·Bare the ~rr 18 little mo:rw -.pll<!!!'

oated., and to tell itt we Dmllt co back to the cd of WOrld Var IX.

llbe the war ...... the tact vh~ .. urt t :at 1n our

fliDde wu Biro--.. lle vere hon1.tlecl aad cuUt\1 ad deterai.Qe4 ·

that there would be no !hbd ll&rld llu. 'lhe ;pr1no1pal obatatle to

p..ae ee....S to be t.he So'Yiet Ubion - tor the •••t Udon1 &lou

ot ..U other nation• 1n the world, pr.._i.e6 the t~~reat ot 1Mr. t

1D 1946. aai th.- the ob•taol• nor the threat ••--' 'Ye1'7 llll'l••

tor the acntioee o1 the llua•ian eopla, we mad• allovgcee ~

the 1\J. .. te J'tliae. lie kn• that it Y&l llbuce, el_.l-7 a 41et&Wr­

abip, \u!uteJ. .ud oppreallYe, and we knev that lt wuld ocm•• the wrld

._. dittioult;y., lN.t not too IIUOh, beeauee w .. te4 to en~ lli~

the ~et Udn. We had to get e.l.c»>g wl th tbe So-det tJDJ.on, Por we

lMl'e 4etentinacl to ha !PMC••

-a-J:\ that .,.ent ot wrld hiator,r 1 a aurl.oua and tatetul

thing happen$(), tn ~ P~Voholagy or the. v .. t.. 'lbe OTeJ'Vhehd.ng po8t.·

~ 4eab'e tor peue b.,oaae the ·...-t 4»qU!ftl.•t ot \he 4e-.il'e to

get aloag with the Tiet UDlon. .l r•~ ot the .efiton•~ ot m.azor

OOB..._ti-.e. ¥rioan new8paper• will d411l0n•trate how wlde~r...t \h1a

•"-Utude vas.

Peace waa tqqted. Y1 th an adJua11uftt to intemati nal

0 a1mia. Ve, the free peoplea1 bad to g .t ~ vi th .,_.m, • -the lll.a're 1&".-t•. We b ..... the w.riable 1n inte:matlonal politic•,

the loftet Union •s the eMtant. "• oould be :na110ned W1th1 but

not the 00111tm1 .IJte. !h4t prHaore ot the 4uir lor ~e wu tuzs ..

•a.i.Jult u, the ftJ"lable. .la:reat part ot the e-o- in the .4nlre

f!or PMe• vu spet in mtiel~ ~eu pollqy ad blahlg \18

!'or the approach to war.

Tbit w.s ]J)iatab· lo. 1 - the ml•take we ll!&de at Yalta,

'febeu, Poland, C.-cbo•loft.ld.a, cd at B_.lln, vhere we llhDulcl

h&Ye l"diated not avoided. 'flt a miatue 1• JtUl bel Qt u.de,

..,.oial.l¥ tQdiP\1 br ~~oae OOnHI"'fttin leadere llbo U1'1• that 11be ~

to get alng w1 th Gc:.mnillll 1a to l•ve llarope detcNl••••

lll•tak• lo. 2 • • GCAIIll*lion fl1"1'9r• G.t.tac ·~ with

the ·loTi•t 11D1on caae to m.-n tor ..,- g ettiag al-. vl~h the lulliaD

dictator and the Oa•uniet eUte. T.hie va• YfJr¥ fVqe beeaun

hi~ and poll tical Mltmee ahoY quite ~early that dictato_. are

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1Jurd.tabq warlike. V. had we~ good rMIOn to w•p•t that the

C~aat•t c!inator would be e~Jpeoi&l~ 10.

Our attept to i et along vi th the ()aq)1 n ell te w&e· enD

re •~• becau•• 1n noexy tree nation ill the world Oo.nnmiat

partie• were at war Yith ltei timateq eleoted .xJratic oYel'baet•.

e reipeoted the ltJ1tiu.tJy' ot an tnh .. D diotatnial g~t,

While the intematioDSJ. •--t ot the 41ot&toHb1p 8bo · l~•

diReepeot tor the 1•1tbaoy ot ._nt1o aa..,.eta,

enomoue pover ot the Stal.1n1et b-laclcmaJ 1. •• 1 the da.rUw

qgestion that e1noe Cloannmi• had oppoeition l!IOY••t• within

ct.ooratio oountri .. , the 4GOCrac1ee ought to baTe op. o•i t1on

~w withiu a.muu. ~t aountrle••

'lbere 11 1 sthiDC we ~~trazcv .Ull 1n our ,.........

ettort to 1et al.oJ.oc Y1th the Buslian Gc.amni•t elite. In the ~

ot our delire tor peace, ve eleetec! to d-.1 vitll a warlike 41oW.to•

and out ouraolYes ott trona the peaoe-lOYing Jtiudan people.

One more point. aet be ad ed to \be h11tory rL th11 error.

'!'he Veatern Vorld vhioh 11 always aea~ the po•f.libW ties of

-.r hal al s assumed that it war cae, . would tiaht net a

llu1eian people UDi ted behin· Stalin. l1n e we e doing noth ~ to

eaparate the Buseian people trom Stalin, we '\11.11 make our aesa~ption

n.Ud. In other -words, by' outtiQ!t oureelYee off from the I&U.

people, we are lnor•alng the ltftlcth t Stalin'• h&nd,(!!id ett tiYceW

Mlatab lfo. 3 ia a crud oompanion of l QDd 2. Since

.,. •et get .a.cma vi th the lorlet t1D.ion, llll4 line• that -~· aettln«

alorlg w1 th the Soriet c!iotatorlh1p, the robltlll. becoaH, hov ,.

get &lo with the lonet dietator. Thl1 L-.48 to all k1nds of gue1 ...

1ng about llhat Stalin is real]3" l ik and 'Wb&t he real.ly want•• The

guessi~ ia hel._ped alo b.r the ~ eartoon• and oertain

-.n•t ea 'Who s.t 11011e ti. e 1n tbe1r liTel were giTen Ill audieaoe

by 8ta.lin, 'l'he1e men ol.a1m to Te the anner to the probl• of

peace, b :u•e thev cla1JJ. to t tal1n really wnt1 tor Sorlet

aecruri ty. '1'hia gueas1Dg pl.ya d1reot4 into Communist baDde. Mnoe

no o __ e ha access to stalin•• mind, the numbu ot po1dble gue eel

is 1ntln1te. .A.tter Mch nev 0 al.Gftld.a the gue11ea are r8Yi1ad.

!he o.intem snqounge1 the guess~ by ba~ stalin iame a p81"1041

t. A.a long as we ke p IU•••i.Di, ve keep beli..U.

that we will have pe ce 1! only we csan find out what Stalin wants.

We vilh to find out the blaolcma.Uer 11 aaet price beoaute ,., tool1111Lb'

~eli.n that ve oan ~ him orr once and tor all.

!be fourth mistake 1a aliiO a co:upu:don of 1 and 2. It ia

d1 :\ed by heart• tarr1t1ed by c..mmilt thrM.te~ It eq~a ai.noe

ve ault get al.on{; w:1 t h intemr.tional Oorsuniam in order to ve peao••

thea internnti .al Communi must be the kin or &yltem we OaJl g.t

elGII8 with. !hia leada to • ft.rietv ot· lDtcpret&tion• ot Oa.mmia

rq1zw all the,.- t~ the IPMioua rational1at1ona ot the teUov

tra"f'elere to, I • sorr'7 to ...,., the torl.om hope u:pl"ease4 _. the

ooat•inuent poli(\Y, Containatmt rena upon the Y.\eh th t, .._

though v-e know the leopard to be vbat he 11, ~- v1ll rnatr!Y I

abaftse ita apots, aettle down ud let the wrld 11Ye at p...,. !be

oontaimaeut policy 1a bu1l t upon the thin .air or a pioue ~.. It

cloea not fan up to 'the butb about ~-.

Wrut.t ia tbe truth about Communi•? '14• truth 11 tbat

·stalin ie not a Ybhlaical and aapricd,ous diq1&tor vi th a IIIIUt.-ioua

atnd~ !bare 11 nothi.Dg -rateriem8 about hill. Be ia u Of'tlloctDz

featle vho 11 the· head ot a reljg1oua mo•••t.. 'lhe JIOY•ea.t ia

JfNoxlet-L•dat•• lt ooe w power in Buuia ill 1917. It bal b._

at w.r with the ~at of the world eYer ainoe. x, 11 at vv vith the

whole nou4 . LU&ist 110rld to-. It we v:lll only look £!.t what the Oc : mlets ,., tl£• Vill

aU be clear to ua.. L.W.att-llarxi• ia otnajal :cy- pi'Oola1wed aa

the only t1'wl idealoi;y - ill Wa mel .,_, 14hwe elAe. It ia not

a 1ih8U'f1 bat a religion. Ita tbeolAW7 ia hiatorioal-di&l•tieal.

•tm-alia. Ita }Ugh prieata are the a.oare or \he Oommunist Pa.rV.

Ita God i s Stalin; 1 ts -.ta•1on, to midv.lte the b1l"th of the COEJud •t

wrldJ its goal, an ea.rthl7 paradise I'U).e4 bt tb4t eo-udat ell t••

The O«:Dtm!st relilta. dlddee the WJ"ld into two tla• ... •

b.U.•er• and non.-belieTera. !o the believers, 1 t prom••• ~

.... 1,... paradl•eJ to the QOD•belleTers, etemal. dQDation. !be Ocammteta

aMB to eatabliab. th• paradiaeJ. thtV mean to be alone on this Q;rth.,

J.U this the Coamuni,ts sq. h.t one does not baYe to .

~ ~n thei:r worda. The~ race 11 ol-.s-J

Ins1de or outaid• the Sortet '11Ja1on, 'tolh•~er the Owt~~mist

political parties, 1n tr nt groups - it hat.i n__. tolerated oppod ..

t1on, dilair••ent, or W8l1 mild dissent It makes no ditterence

'Whnhar the opposition oome1 from the right or lett . Sooiallste.

aooial d11110orats1 anarchieta,. liberals, QC>nllonati•ea, - if thq

Opl,.iOtle OomrnuniBl then the, &r() bereUoa, Widel., and enem.ee of the

truthJ and all h e been 8\lp rened Wher.va- the cro.m.e1et11 hold po.,...._, Ours ia a bi tt• ad pa1ntul leaeont 'lbft'e vill be no

peace u long as the !o'rlet dictatorah1p conthmee in 1 te present :toa

ed there ldll be no peace mtU the intcmatioa_. Oc.mniot f'it\h

eol~l all over the lJDrld ar e withdraw, abandoned, or 4eatro;yed.

'ro work . tor peace todfw, tberctoro, meant to wrk tor . the

d..truotlon of intama.tional Cammmic and tlle alteration or the

Soviet d1atatot'ship. 'i'o .do otherwise is to :lgnoN the true conditions

of peace.

bat are the true conditions ot :PMCet I do not Y.isb to be

dogmatic on t s point . They appear to mo, howSYer, to be fO~

Uke thi•t

!he Sorlet Ota1.on must ree to a program of international.

oottti'ltl of atoaie «l«<""Y lQldeJ> 11alt«l lations' .uperrldOn.J it Jlllllt .

.. ...., to a •1mllar PJ'OiJ'S. or di&amaaant und.e UDlted Nations'

supeni~ons it IIU8t . igre.- to th.a tree int.~clw:we ot p.ople- aD4

ld .. between Rulli& and the r est of the vorldJ it muat agree to

the ld'bbdr&W&l of all Red eo~diers and Coammist agEIIlts from other

countr::L••J it .must agree to .tree election• in Caeoho~atl• a.ud

the Ba.lbn aountriee- aleot.ions superrleed b7 t.De t:Jilited lation•J

ana it muet agree to dillb&nd the Caraintern -- the 1nternati ne.l ac-­

uniet oT ent - onae and tor .:U,

lie 1111st announce these condi tlon• - the true condi tiona

or peaoe -- to the t«J1'l4., E~&ain and ag&1n ~md again. We must announee,

.oz..,.__, that al.l these conditions are bllaterLI.J enr oond1t1ons ve

iapoae upo the So.tet Union ar$ oor..di ttons we _.. Yllling to impose

upon ovee1Ye8. And Ve .&houlQ. be vUl!ng to g1 Y8 tangible· ft'ld ... of

our honor and goodwUl..

ould we lq down thaee oondi tions in the t'onn or an

ultimata to t he So'Yiet el1t•1 No, 1t wouldn't do 811J' good. We are

1ntereeted ln c~inb t he trlnda ot the Bueeian people, the th1~

a..p, ead our own despairing allles 111 '!'he Bussian people m&y be

int«r'Ut lD our bathtubs, but thtV are mo:re intere•t~ in \lhat mll

happen to them if they ovar~rov Stalin, or, if wr coaes, vh&t help

and Justice will be gi..-en to those who sabotage Stalin. 'l'he third

Cf.1lt _,. beliwe in the vr1t of habeas corpua and freedom ot . peeah,

but it beli«ee more !11 the o•erwh•l•'ng n~lli'fl' tor p-.c.. It

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vaat• a procnm f'Qr p-ace. Our o'W!l de8pd.r.!.Dg people and allle•

.. th .. el..e.s for 4ef'*tle w1. th the lrim connotion that ·~ are on

tae aicle ot Juetioe, but tht!r want to know irm•t there one la.et

chqae tor~··

There ia one 1ut ohattee, it lr~ have the hone.-ty to

face the facta and the OOU1"aii e to state the. Let us retuae to ·plf'·

the SoY!.et bl.aoweUer ~ey lcmger a.nd ete.te the frrue oonditiona of

poace, to ourlelYea, to our allies, to t.he t.'l1rd omap, ADd, aboTe a.l.:4

to the ~enan people. f.et utt t.ell tlle Jta.aaiens the.t we wnt

neither their llvea, thttir J..and., nor their aood•• Ve wztt o~ to

UTe at peace. And we haTe a procram !or peaoe vhoae oonditlone we

aol~ ~ to tulf'Ul. Let tlua tum their eJ&S on those who Ylil

.tultiU th•• Let the IIYe& of the \iiOrld be turned on the Iorin

dictator· md the Oom::lunist elite. Ve 'Will have 1tated a Pl"'Ol'l!ll for

peaoe 'Whioh o• b:ri.r)g peaoe. What it th.tr roarat

Let ua take the otf'ens1Ye1 the peace ottBllai"f'e.. Let 1he

conditions of pea.oe be the eon•ta.nt and the loTiet diotatQI'ship the

JVlab1e. Let us ohaJice the oatesor1ee or the rld ndnd. liet ua

1864 the wrld to • ..-, J!M)t how oan we aet a.loog vlth the SoTiet

d1ot•torah1p1 but ho can the dicta tortddp et dong vi th the oon<H. tiona

of peaoet

t.et ua atat.e the condi tion:r agd.a and egain azad 11a1n~ S....

bqld peace oonteren... all over the wrld. tet us hametla the

d;raaJilo power of the duire tor paace until: it GMI D OYDWhelldD&

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pre&$Ure on those wh can <::> ive the wrld peaoe. Let \18 release the

despairing eD.e:~:gies of the men and lJOmen tlll ovar the 110rld who p~

each night tor peace. too. and ~en vill be heroea ter a groat goal~

The gren.t goal in our time is peace. lost us st te the conditions.

Let the peoples ot the world find t heir own 'ltlf!3' to hero1•.

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