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Show TODAY'S EDITORIAL GOP Hits Left Nation's Problems Unsolved Although Congress won't be returning to Washington until January, speculation on the major problems confronting the nation's lawmakers is running high. ' " Much of this speculation is brought on by the recently-demonstrated recently-demonstrated Russian scientific successes. But the basic problems which the Eisenhower Republican administration has failed to solve linger on and will be there in January just as they were in July. The GOP leadership has solved almost none of them. We recall a speech by Adlai E. Stevenson, defeated Democratic Demo-cratic candidate for president. Mr. Stevenson, who went down before the Eisenhower personality two times, has always been known for his sharp and good logic. Mr. Stevenson said then and it is still true today that: (Continued on Page 4) GOP Has Lett Nation's Problems Unsolved (Continued from Page 1) "Nothing should be more obvious than the fact that the future of America is to a large extent being decided today in the ferment and turmoil of Asia and Africa and Latin America. Nothing would be more foolish than a decision on our part to turn our backs on this epoch of upheaval and make no attempt to influence its course. Now some of the ways we have tried to bring influence have been good, and some have been bad. I myself have been a critic of the foreign aid program of the Eisenhower Administration. Adminis-tration. I think that in the under-developed part of the world the most effective American exports are, not our military weapons and military pacts, but our economic methods, our technology, our ideas and our ideals. I deeply believe that a wise and constructive aid program is indispensable to our security. If I am not confident that all the military portions of the President's foreign aid demands are necessary, or even prudent, I am confident that aid for the economic eco-nomic development of our less fortunate fellows on this globe is. And I am confident that a nation whose gross national product is running at a rate of $412 billion a year can afford to spend one per cent of that on an investment in world economic growth and world political security." What Mr. Stevenson said about foreign aid can apply equally well to-funds devoted to scientific development. We certainly can afford to spend a fraction more to keep out ahead of our enemies in a battle for survival. - |
