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Show HILL TOP TIMES 1L 27, Page 25 president Replies to Nation's Critics responsibilities for defending peace and freedom in the world. As every world leader knows, and as even the most outspoken of America's critics will admit, the rest of the world would live in the first part of the significant speech given June 4. The rest (F0l!Tixon at the Air Force Academy . president T f T:mpa CtheaddresswUioer terror. f Editor's Note). Because if America were to turn its back on the world, there would be a peace that would settle over this but it planet would be the kind of peace that suffocated freedom in Czechoslo- and your country- each of you, and your parents H Ln this is a moment and training, you nave earned tne After years of study are beginning your careers at a diincuit But you On The danger to us has changed, but it has not vanished. We must revitalize our alliances, not abandon them. We must rule out unilateral disarmament because, in the real world, it won't work. If we pursue arms control as an end in itself, we will not achieve our end. The adversaries in the world are not in conflict because they are armed. They are armed because they are in conflict, and have not yet learned peaceful ways to resolve their conflicting national interests. saiuw. oe light to in10ment vakia. military life. are asked to be ready to make a fighting front, you in un- - sacntice in imited On home front, you the neea ior a the mestion are under attack from those who ws - , the aeienaers. v .M pnterine the military service of your country when L nation's potential adversaries abroad have never been strongnever been more numerous. er and when your critics at home have the power of in ianger Aggressors Won't Wait The aggressors of this world are not going to give the United States a period of grace in which to put our domestic house in order just as the crises within our society cannot be on back a burner until we resolve the problem of Vietnam. put The most successful solutions we can possibly imagine for our domestic programs will be meaningless if we are not around to enjoy them. Nor can we conduct a successful policy of peace abroad if our society is at war with itself at home. There is no advancement for Americans at home in a retreat from the problems of the world. I say that America has a vital national interest in world stability, and no other nation can uphold that interest for us. Open Season It is open season on the armed forces. Military programs are lidiculed as needless if not deliberate waste. The military pro fession is derided in some of the best circles of America. patriotism is considered by some to be a backward fetish of the Leducated and unsophisticated. Nationalism is hailed and ap- as a panacea for the ills of every nation except the so-call- ed States Muted of America. paradox of military power is a symptom of something deeper that is stirring in our body politic. It goes beyond the This jfar ;dissent the war in Vietnam. industrial complex." about "military The underlying questions It We stand at a crossroad in our history. We shall reaffirm our destiny for greatness or we shall choose instead to withdraw into ourselves. The choice will affect far more than our foreign policy; it will determine the quality of our lives. goes behind the fear of the are really these : Great Questions What is America's role in the world ? What are the respon sibilities of a great nation toward protecting freedom beyond its shores? Can we ever be left in peace if we do not actively assume the burden of keeping the peace? When great questions are posed, fundamental differences of opinion come into focus and it serves no purpose to gloss over these differences, or to try to pretend that they are mere matters of degree because there is one school of thought that holds that the road to understanding with the Soviet Union and Communist China lies through a downgrading of our own alliances ad what amounts to a unilateral reduction of our arms in order Nation Needs Faith nation needs many qualities, but it needs faith and con fidence above all. Skeptics do not build societies; the idealists are the builders. Only societies that believe in themselves can rise to their challenges. Let us not, then, pose a false choice between meeting our responsibilities abroad and meeting the needs of our people at home. We shall meet both or we shall meet neither. That is why my disagreement with the skeptics and the isolationists is fundamental. They have lost the vision indispensable to great leadership. They observe the problems that confront us; they measure our resources; and then they despair. to demonstrate our "good faith." When the first vessels set out from Europe for the New World, the risks, and would have stayed They believe that we can be conciliatory and accommodating these men would have weighed iy if we do not on the Eastern seaboard started behind. When the colonists have the strength to be otherwise. Thev believe tot America will be across the Appalachians to the unknown reaches of the Ohio able to deal with the possibility of peace W When We are HTlflhlp in nrv witfc V,Q Valley, these men would have counted the costs and they would nf urar have stayed behind. Those who think that wav have ornwn wearv of the weitrht free Our current exploration of space makes the point vividly: J world leadership that fell upon us in the wake of World iT1 Here is testimony to man's vision and man's courage. The jourargue that we, the U.S., are as much responsible , we tensions in the world as the adversaries we face. ney of the astronauts is more than a technical achievement; it of the human spirit. It lifts our sights; it is a reaching-o- ut They assert that the United States is blocking the road to demonstrates that magnificent conceptions can be made real. by maintaining its military strength a home and its de us true And' 'f We WOuld only reduce 0Ur forces' they They inspire us and at the same time they teach cent of end, tensions would disappear and the chances for peace humility. What could bring home to us more the limitations ould brighten. the human scale than the hauntingly beautiful picture of our earth seen from the moon? World Scene A Vy-o- f Men on Moon America' military presence on tne wona scene, Pce abroad improbable and peace at home kybel' w J.eve' never underestimate the appeal of this isola-!u0U?hl Their 8lans are simplistic and power-landt3 at home" "Let's first solve our problems at we can deal with the problems of the world." t8cWi8?i. Zt io n eiiuSlSii f.ormula touches a responsive chord with many And ifc would be easy Pres'dent easy for a of Th TaX!?ayer' to buy some popularity by alone witJ ,Vmted states e new isolationists. But I submit to you that dbe H; V 3 our nation and the worId- 51 fr Hold iiStTW conrwt"7 d!frerent view of the world, and I come to a n about the direction American must take. Am moment America 1 if y will, what would happen to were to become a drop-oin assuming the ut When the first man stands on the moon, next month, every American will stand taller because of what he has done and we should be proud of this magnificent achievement. We will know then that every man achieves his own greatness by reaching out beyond himself. So it is with nations. When a nation believes in itself as the Athenians did in their Golden that nation can Renaissance Age, as the Italians did in the a nation means something to itself perform miracles. Only when others. can it mean something to That is why I believe a resurgence of American idealism and that modern miracle can bring about a modern miracle is a world order of peace and justice. know that every member of this graduating class is, in I that sense, an idealist. Seven Generals To Retire Soon WASHINGTON (AFNS) Air Force announced retirement dates for seven general officers and new assignments for four others. Scheduled to retire, on dates indicated: Maj. Gen. James C. McGehee, commander, Keesler Technical Training Center, Keesler AFB, Miss., July 31. Maj. Gen. John L. Zoeckler, Air Force Systems Command deputy chief of staff, Systems, Andrews AFB, Md., July 31. Maj. Gen. Don O. Darrow, Tactical Air Command chief of staff, Langley AFB, Va., July 31. Maj. Gen. John L. McCoy, Air Force Logistics Command deputy chief of staff, Plans, Wrigft-Patterso- n AFB, Ohio, July 31. Brig. Gen. William C. Pratt, Air Force Director of Data Automation, Office of the Comptroller, Washington, July 31. Brig. Gen. William A. Hunter, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe representative to Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff, Offutt AFB, Neb., July 31. Maj. Gen. Norman S. Orwat, deputy director of Plans, J-The Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, Aug. 31. Assuming new duties, on dates indicated: Maj. Gen. Marvin C. Demler, commander, Chanute Technical Training Center, Chanute AFB, 111., to special assistant for Arms Control Office, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, Aug. 1. Brig. Gen. Kendall S. Young, commander, 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Shaw AFB, S.C., to chief, Air Force Adviory Group, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, Saigon, Aug. 4. Maj. Gen. James B. Knapp, assistant to commander in chief, Strategic Air Command, with duty as senior Air Force member, United Nations Command, Military Armistice Commission, Korea, to commander, Chanute Technical Training Center, Chanute AFB, 111., Aug. 25. Brig. Gen. John M. Talbot, assistant Air Force Surgeon General for Staffing and Edu cation, Washington, to SAC Surgeon, Offutt AFB, Neb., Sept. 1. 5, "Ask, rather, what you can do for your country." Take stock in America Buy M Sainft Boad A Frwdma SkwM |