Show Elsen eisenhower hower takes office As U US S president president cheers polio patients 0 aa 11 41 PRESIDENT DWIGHT eisenhower endorses nationwide drive to t combat polio ninth county workers malf make plea for fo liberal support of drive washington jan 20 dwight david eisenhower Elsen hower was in inaugurated a t ed tuesday as the president P se ident of the united states and pledged that his administration will neither compromise nor tire nor ever cease in its quest for an honorable worldwide peace pence while he expressed abhorrence of war as a chosen way to end the threat 0 of international communism the new president flatly banned appeasement of aggressor forces declaring that in the final choice a soldiers pack is not bo heavy a burden as a prisoners chains lay lays down guide for world pac P race efforts ef forts his comparatively short 2 word inaugural message was devoted almost exclusively to foreign policy with only passing reference to domestic concerns he laid down these fixed principles to guide the efforts for world peace while the nation abhors was as a chosen way to balk the purposes of those who threaten us we hold it to be the first task of statesmanship to develop the strength that will deter the fores forces s of aggression and promote the conditions of peace the united states is willing to engage with any and all other nations in joint effort to remove the causes ol 01 mutual tear fear and distrust among nations and so to make possible drastic re of armaments if methods can be provided by which every participating ot ing nation will prove good ayt f faith h I 1 in carrying out its pled the mead united states afu will never ig try to placate an aggressor by the false and wicked bargain of trading honor for 1 11 security cur ab 1 the united S states t ta must U be strong and immensely productive to help defend freedom all over the world and it Is 1 the use inn firm duty of each ox of our citizens and of every free tres citizen everywhere to place the cause of his country before the tho coro comfort jort and conven convenience leme of faun him sell if honors each nation the united states honors the identity and the special bed hert tage ox of each nation and therefore never will use our a strength 1 tr e to try to impress u upon on a another n people our own cherished cherished po continued on page 8 eisenhower TAKES OFFICE continued from page 1 and economic e Ins titu we wll use our resources to help the proven friends of freedom to achieve their own security and well being but will count upon then them t to 0 assume within the limits of their own resources their full and just burdens in the common defense of freedom because economic health is an indispensable basis of all military milito to strength and the free woolda worlds peace the united states will strive to practice itself and to foster everywhere policies that encourage productivity and anol profitable trade the united states will conal continue and nd expand where possie possible le its participation in regional de beriso arrangements such as the north atlantic antle treaty Or organization garil with recognition of the fact that the nature of these ties must vary with the different problems of different areas in the western hemisphere we enthusiastically loin join with all our neighbors in ia the work of perfecting a community of fraternal trust and common purpose pose an appeal to enlighten and inspire leaders of the western nations that they strive with renewed vigor to make the unity of their peoples a reality because this th I 1 is a the only way it can effectively safeguard its spiritual and cultural heritage A declaration that the united states regards the defense of freedom as one and indivisible and that the new administration will hold all oil continents and peoples in equal regard and h OR or rejecting any insinuation that one race or another one people or another is in any ant sense inferior oc or expendable |