Show t r It If Is Time to Make Am Americas America's Position I t Unmistakably Clear to Russ Leaders President Truman's appearance b bet beI be- be I t f fore a joint session of congress to warn th the nation of the growing menace of f. f R Russian expansion in Europe must have haver J r I been ra rather er startling to most Americans We suspect it was meant to be just tha that k r Mr Truman again urged speedy speedy-en of the European recovery program program pro pro- gram grain and c congressional adoption of universal military training These were merely reiterations s of past presidential ial proposals But the third recommendation recommend tion was new It was was' that congress temporarily reenact a program of selective selective selective to maintain our tive service in lIin order armed fo forces i r c e 5 21 at their authorized strength Why this last proposal 1 Because waris waif war wai waris f is imminent Not necessarily although in in- all honesty the tense international situation compels the c consideration ns of such Buch a possibility But the basic reason for the the proposal I proposal as Mr Truman said is that it may help to prevent war Americans should face the facts of world politics today Communist Rus Russia ia is 15 deliberately embarked on a ruthless program I of spreading her domination domination- either direct or through Communist stooges stooges over over the entire world It is a progressive ve program step by step taking taking taking tak tak- ing advantage of every loophole every weakness No sensible person perso can have any doubts about Russia's hopes The plot is down in black and and white in many official ial statements and publications of the Communist Corn Com COpl- COpl party and the Russian govern govern govern- ment The policies followed so o consistently consistently consistently consist consist- by the Soviet Union since the end of the war in ui Europe prove their intention in iii- to take advantage of the dis disorganized diSorganized diS- diS organized state of the postwar world world- furthering that disorganization in every way possible possible to to spread Russian Communist Communist Com Coin control l. l The violent Russian Communist opposition opposition op op- op- op position to the Marshall recovery program program program pro pro- gram proves the point Why should Russia be opposed to European recovery recovery ery cry Obviously because it threatens her aim to keep Europe in such a prostrate condition that her infiltrating Communist stooges can seize power Russia is on the march Put that down a as as a fact Now then what are we todo about it First First we c could Uld do nothing Undoubtedly Undoubtedly Undoubtedly edly then Russian communism would sweep over all of Europe and Asia There would be simply nothing to stop it Eventually that tide would sweep to this hemisphere We would have to fight it or succumb to it Second we could appease Russia But the failure of appeasement in the case of nazi Germany and the sad case of Czechoslovakia should convince us that such a course would be utterly futile Third we can can take a firm stand now against the Russian march march march-a a stand so clear forthright and strong that there would be no doubt in the minds of Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian shin leaders that we meant business The president Said aid the situation has reached a point where the American position should be made unmistakably clear He believes ther therein in lies the best hope hop of preventing war There is is no use of further diplomatic discussion or palaver A showdown with Soviet Russia and the international Communist Communist Com Coin conspiracy is past due Whether or not such a showdown leads to war is up to Russia not up to o us America has no choice but to now m make ke her position unmistakably clear clea to Russia The only other alternative tive is acceptance of Communist Communist Com Corn domination of the world |