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| -_ » an cy “whe BOS TUN If we accept the first view ~ the view that communists are evil people, — bent on destroying ‘us = then we must accept and supnort. the Truman doctrine and we must follow it through to its logical conchusion, The conclusion is Ware It means support for the Forrestal-plan of inoreased arms, the militarization of: Anerica and the restriction of civil liberties here at home. It means support for any reactionary or fascist from Chiang Kei Shek to Francisco Franco, as long as he is dedicated to onposing communists. | I don't like that course, “It doesn't make sense te Mee | I don't want to see our youth thrown into the eager arms of the generals for indoctrination in military philosophy. | I don-t want to see all our resources and energies consumed in the unproductive, wasteful business of building munitions, bombers, battleships, and aton bombs. . If we take the second view; if we recognise that the Communists and Socialists of Europe arghot evil men, nor even, yet, desperate men; if we recognize that. their numbers are a reflection of basically rotten econanic and social conditions, then we shall seek a. policy which will meet the needs of these peovles in rrotest, ; If we are to meet those needs and encourage freedom and reconstruction, the Truman Doctrine must be repudiated, ; | If we are to befriend the ‘People of the world, we must stop spending two dollars for arms for every dollar we spend for foreign aide If we are to meet the legitimate needs of freedaneloving people, we must not attach political strings to our aid, We can't in good conscience = or with hones of Peace - use bread as a bait for votes; use hunger as a -. political weapon, (MORE)