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nn ne ER RT NN: et ate A te button because he misread signs that appeared to be an attack against us. . . “| HAVE, THEREFORE, REACHED THE CONCLUSION WHAT THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO PEACE. The people of our nation have been spared the horrible experiences of destruction of our homes and our families through bombing of our cities. Although almost every American family had some members in the armed forces during World War Il, ‘and although all of us have been touched in one degree or another by loss of life of a relative or friend in World War Il, I am afraid that our citizens do not as yet fully comprehend the significance of war with modern weapons. The people in Eng- land, Germany, France, Hiroshima and other cities and countries, that felt and experienced destructive power of military machines in World War IJ, have a stronger yearning for peace because of these experiences. We have been protected from warfare in our country by the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in World War I and World War II. We no longer have that protection. The development of jet planes and bombers and the develop- ment of missiles capable of firing a hydrogen bomb warhead fompletely destroys the protection that we had in the last two bloody World Wars. Recently United States Admiral Arleigh Burke, testifying before a Congressional Committee, was asked the following question: “Senator Stennis: We have a memorandum here that last year the Secretary of Defense made the statement that one polaris submarine carries as much destructive power as all the bombs dropped by both sides during World War II.” “Admiral Burke: Yes, sir, this missile — warhead — will be many times the size of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It is not a smal) one.” Because of these facts, I believe that it is incumbent upon us to publicly discuss the question of peace and war in a rational and objective manner so that we can develop policies and programs that can minimize the tensions that could erupt into World War III, and endeavor to create a public climate that could make universal disarmament a reality. 1 am alarmed at the increase of the Nuclear Club which now contains as members the United States, Russia, Great Britain and France. I am particularly worried about France having the atom bomb because of its internal problems in Algeria and the internal dissension that exisits in France. 1 am afraid to trust atomic and nuclear weapons in the hands of people like General Massu of the French Army. 18 i 4 4 t { i