Show U r US T S russia fight diplomatic battle truman doctrine termed preventive against conflict by news analyst and commentator service 1616 eye street N IV washington D C washington there Is no imminent m anent danger of 0 war between the united states and russia youve heard th that a t before and as far as I 1 know it Is true there Is a diplomatic struggle going on between the two countries the scope and importance of which fl few w people realize when I 1 say important I 1 mean important in all senses but one human life in 77 which a real shooting war Is important certainly involved are the other two factors in the trinity of 0 rights to which americans believe they tire are heir t liberty and the pursuit of happiness this has been j clear to observers ESS in n washington baukhage whether they merely look with their eyes at the external evidence or scent with news noses the currents which are wafted wafred over trans transoms orns and under t the he big oak doors of the Sanc sanctum turn sanctorum of the sanctis simi sh sharp arp words have tumbled over one another since the first verbal barrage which ch was the presidential message of march 12 1947 sometimes mes desert described b ed as embody embodying in g the truman doctrine may I 1 remind you of a few of the barbed shafts in that message the very existence of the greek st state te is today threatened by the terrorist aorl st activities of several thousand armed men led by communists who defy the governments authority at a number of points particularly along the northern boundaries said the president one of the primary objectives of t the he foreign of the united states Is the creation of conditions in which we and other nations will be able to work out a way of life free from coercion we shall not realize our objectives es however unless we are willing to help tree free peoples to maintain their free institutions and their national integrity t y against aggressive movements that seek to impose upon them totalitarian regimes this Is no more than a frank recognition that totalitarian regimes imposed on free peoples by direct or indirect aggression undermine the dounda eions of international peace and hence the security of odthe the united states the peoples of a number of countries of the world have recently had totalitarian regimes forced upon them against their will the government of the united states has made frequent protests against coercion and intimidation in violation of the yalta agreement in poland romania and bulgaria I 1 must al also s 0 state that in a number of other countries th there re have be licen en similar d developments evil op ments i lie he knew what was in ih the I 1 hungarian un garlan cards one way of life Is based upon the I 1 will of the majority and Is distinguished by free institutions representative government free elections guarantees of 0 individual liberty freedom of speech and religion on and freedom from political oppression the see second 0 nd way ot of life la is based upon the will vill of a minority forcibly imposed upon the majority it relies upon terror and oppression a controlled press and radio fixed elections and the suppression of personal freedoms strong words those all quoted tram from the truman message congress follows words with action then came deeds congress implemented PI emen t ed ted the presidents message by authorizing the loan of three hundred millions to greece and one hundred millions to turkey missions were sent at once to both countries the united states concluded with an economic merger ot of their respective zones in germany regardless of russian and french failure to go al along ong then came the expected coup in which the communists with the red army backing them them and the aid of the eroded trolled secret police took over the anticommunist anti communist govern government rhent ot of hungary immediately there followed these steps A message of congratulation and support was sent to the premier ot of italy alcide de gamperl Ga sperl then in the process of 0 forming a government without communist operation cooperation co and and against communist opposition i negotiations leading to the un tree freezing zing of italian property un in eluding money in this country were announced at the same time hungarian credits here for surplus property supplies were cutoff cut i off there were indications that a loan earmarked for hungary would be cancelled A hungarian russian transport company was told that its planes no longer could fly over the american zone in germany senator made his ringing speech in the he senate declaring that hat soviet pressure on hungary demanded a trial before the forum of the united nations the united states pressed for settlement of demands on yugoslavia for planes shot down by yugoslavia last summer these and other steps which undoubtedly will be taken before this article is in print and still others in the making are part of a vigorous foreign policy by which we mean to block communist aggression wherever it appears in the world in other words we have undertaken der taken a form of positive acal activity v it y in the foreign field the scope of which never in our history supporters vt this policy the majority of congress believe it is a preventive not an aggressive step they do not believe it Is a foreign policy which von clausewitz the german military authority described as something the extension of which Is war they believe it can stop will not start military conflict possible war of extermination the policy is based on this the theory cry as nearly as I 1 can absorb it from the people who know unless economic conditions are restored to normal throughout the world chaos will result communism will engulf europe and eventually the clash between communism and democracy as we understand der stand it will mean war between russia and the united states since it now is believed that russia will have the atom bomb in from four to ten years cf report of the presidents advisory commission on universal training such a war would mean extermination if not of the human race certainly of civilization as we know it granted this Is true the spread of communism in europe and elsewhere w must be checked now be cause if either france or italy goes red russia will not operate cooperate co in a joint peace agreement for or germany and austria without such agree agreement ment E europe drope cannot be restored to normal chaos and com communism commonis munis m will follow if russia Is stopped in her tracks if we can prevent her from moving south into greece turkey and the middle east and west of line she holds at present from her german zone south through the balkans to greece she will be forced I 1 to 0 stop aggression in europe forced to operate cooperate co with the western powers tor for her own preservation that as I 1 understand it is what some people call the truman doctrine it quite fair to give it t such an exclusive label when it never could have been put into effect without the yeoman service of men like and the other partisan bipartisan bi support it has received this does not mean that we a have lost faith in democracy or its is ability to compete in a fair field with communism it means means we are going to see that a fair field is maintained that russia will not be permitted to create chaos or to draw on the type of force and terror she has used so BO tar far latterly in hungary to enforce her way of life upon the world |