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cris deme etteenepien erie ete nae escape its troubles. We cannot turn our backs on itshopes. Weare an inseparable part of the free- world neighborhood. ‘We must hold to these truths: If nations friendly to us are weakened and im- periled, so are we. If other friendly nations are strong and free, our own strength and freedom are more secure. If other free nations prosper, so do we. In these truths we see the fallacy of adding measurably to our own massive and adequate armaments at the expense of allied strength, which is in many instances better located strate- gically than ours can ever be. No less dangerous ‘js the annual argument that America should stint on strengthening the free world because this would give us more luxury in a comfortable isola- tion here at home. This is sheer deadliness—a counsel of defeat and complacency. Logically carried out, it could end only in a militarized America. To the extent that this concept is indulged it gravely menaces the people of the United States. We can, here at home, arm to the teeth and yet go down in total defeat if we let the rest of the world be swallowed up by an atheistic imperial- ism. By abandonment of struggling millions to lives of hopeless desperation, rich America might, for a time, live more extravagantly. But not for long! For a just peace, dependable security, and real progress were never bought by destruc- tive weapons and hardhearted selfishness, but rather by education, by training, by constructive works—by cooperation. Only by thinking of ourselves, and truly con- ducting ourselves, as brothers under God with those who, with us, want to live and grow in freedom, can we hope to solve problems in which failure will mean disaster for much of humanity. Victory in this effort will mean a shoulder-to- shoulder march to greater security, greater pros- perity, and greater happiness for all. There, in . those few words, is the very heart of mutual security. So tonight I restate to you this pledge of the executive branch of your Government. I pledge a continuing and energetic support of the prin- ciple and programs of mutual security. And I call upon the leadership and the rank and file of sons and daughters of America, to see that those 814 “poth political parties, as well as upon. all other — parties hold-true-to-their-pledges to_give this program their support. Of this I am certain: The path for America must be one of cooperation—cooperation among ourselves and with our friends abroad who are dedicated to human dignity and from whom we draw strength as we impart of our own strength to them. Together we shall confidently carry the burdens and sacrifices of sustaining security . against any imperialistic design—as together we continue the search for peace, a search in which we shall persevere without tiring or ceasing until victory, at last, shall belong to all the earth. Thank you and good night. Mutual Security Report Emphasizes Problems of Economic Development Press release 285 dated May 2 The United States will face “new and some- what different problems in the mutual security area” during the decade of the 1960's, according to President Eisenhower’s semiannual report to Congress on the Mutual Security Program, trans- Initted on May 2.7 The report declared that the growing realiza- tion of hundreds of millions of people in under- developed countries that hunger, poverty, and disease need not be their inevitable lot “repre- sents an emerging force which will probably be- come the most significant single social factor” of thenew decade. “This mighty surging movement in the underdeveloped countries seldom makes for headlines and so far rarely for international “Sncidents’” the report added. “Yet its impli- cations for the decade we are now in are tremendous... .” The report stated the problems and opportu- nities inherent in the beginning of economic de- velopment in the emergent countries have been the subject of “searching thought” both in the United States and in Western Europe in recent months. “Our friends and allies in Europe are also aware of this need, and as their ability to provide devel- opment assistance grows, we are increasingly con- _ sulting with them to determine how the burden * Report to Congress on the Mutual Security Program for the First Half of Fiscal Year 1960; available upon -_. request from the Office of Public Services, Department of State, Washington 25,D.C. 7 0 re oe Department of Sfafe Builefin