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America's opportunity. The peoples of all lands say to Americas. Send us plows for our fields in- stead of tanks. and guns to be used against us. The United Nations is waiting, ready to do the job. We should start with an economic plan for the Near East financed by the International Bank and backed by the United Nations. The dollars that are spent will be spent for the production of goods and will come back to us ina thousand different ways. Our program will be based on service instead of the outworn ideas of imperialism and power polities. It is a fundamental law of life that a strong idea Is merely strenethened by persecution. The way to handle communism is by what William James called "the replacing power of the hicher affection." In other words, we must give the common. man all over the world something better than communian. I belfeve we have something better than comminism here in America, But President Truman has not spoken for the American ideal. It is now the turn of the Aiterican people to speak. common sense ig required of all of ug in realizing that helping militarism never brings peace. Courage Is required of 211 of us in carrying out a program that can bring peace. Courage and common sense are the qualities that made America grest. Let's keep those qualities now. feet? THE NEW REPUBLIC 40 East 49th Street New York, 17, N. 4