President Calls for Vigilance as Price of Peace
President Calls for Vigilance as Price of Peace
Speaking on the 175th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, President Truman warns that peace in Korea does not mean a lessening of world tension, as long as Russia remains an armed camp. He says vigilance is the price of peace. Harry S Truman speaks at podium to large crowds (nat sound, we hear the echo), talks about continuing to build up defenses and refers to Communist lies. Establishing shot - Audience in attendance to see President Truman speaking. MS - President Truman standing at the podium. President Harry S. Truman: "Our constant aim in Korea has been peace under the principals of the United Nations. Time and again since their aggression started, we have proposed that the fighting be stop and that peace be restored in accordance with those principals. Now at last the Communist leaders have offered to confer about an armistice, it may be that they have decided to give up their aggressions in Korea. If this is true, the road to a peaceful settlement of Korean conflict is open. We can not ignore the danger of military outbreaks in other parts of the world. The greatest threat to world peace the tremendous arm power of the Soviet Union will still remain, even if the Korean fighting stops. The threat of Soviet aggression still hangs heavy over many a country including our own. We must continue therefore to build up our military forces at a record rate. We must continue to help build up the defenses of other free nations, and we must continue to struggle to overcome the constant effort of the Soviet rulers to dominate the world, by lies and press (?) and subversion. This truth is unscrupulous, it evil propaganda attack, we can not overcome with military weapons. We can not transfix a lie with a bayonet or a blast of a sheet of machine gun fire. The only weapons against such enemies are truth and fair dealings".