Show A New Defense Within the vastness of the Pentagon is detailed information on the comparative military strength of the world's two superpowers the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist This information has not been released to the can for obvious security will probably never become part of the public we are aware that Americans and and East and are living behind defensive curtains of awesome nuclear But a less yet can be found outside the and spy in both This defensive power is what one Henry over years ago called great nursery of This defense and strength is a national enthusiasm and The appeal for a national re-dedication to our ideals has become somewhat trite because of its frequent use in speeches and in The validity of the does not cease to exist simply because we give it lip-service and then ignore The Communists have not ignored their national Communism is their George F. Kennan characterized the Soviets as a and disciplined Communism is a secular a political with hundreds of millions of in America has millions of sive followers most of whom have no highly developed sense of national during the past have been so absorbed in enjoying the that they have at minimized the fateful competition with communism that we The communists have not forgotten this The fact that Russia in the 15 years following World War risen from a war-ravaged land into a colossus of military might and scientific achievement is eloquent testimony that its people are aware of their national Ideals alone cannot save or destroy a nation or a But these ideals can provide the stimulus for realization of tangible manifestations of power both defensive and Secretary of State Christian A. Herter has called for our economy less for the things which do not really and more for the things which do for the uses which would train and inform our promote the health of our society and keep our country In the answer to this challenge rests our |