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Show NO PLACE NOW VERYTAR AWAY President Truman advised his countrymen a few weeks ago "to take a good look at modern maps." And he pointed out that "by air no place on the globe is more than 60 hours away from our comfortable comfort-able homes we know this time is steadily decreasing." And he warned: warn-ed: "We must, therefore, alter our former views on national security Americans can no longer sit behind be-hind any menal Maginot Line. Too much is at stake for us to shut our eyes to facts. Either we must be ready to repel alone all and any attacks from the rest of the world or we must be willing to co-operate with friendly states to check the first sign of aggression on the part of any nation. The choice is ours. I am confident that the average av-erage American can use his most precious heritage common sense, in the solution of the pressing problems of the day." |