that makes our productivity the wonder of the world . . . “The faith we hold belongs not to us alone, but to the free of the world . . . we are linked to all free peoples, not merely by a noble idea, but by a simple need. No free people can for long cling to any privilege or enjoy any safety in economic solitude . . . This basic law of interdependence, so mani fest in the commerce of peace, applies with thousand-fold intensity in the event of war. “The strength of all free peoples lies in unity, their danger in discord . . . we face the threat—not with dread and con fusion—but with confidence and conviction. “We shall be guided by certain fixed principles: “We hold it to be the first task of states manship to develop the strength that will deter the forces of aggressmn and promote the conditions of peace . . . “It is the firm duty of each of our free citizens ... to place the cause of his country before the comfort and convenience of him self . . . “We shall never try to placate an ag gressor by the false and wicked bargain of trading honor for security. For in the final choice a soldier's pack is not so heavy as a prisoner’s chains. “We shall never use our strength to try to impress upon another people our own cherished political and economic institu tions . . . “We shall strive to help them achieve their own security and well being . . . shall count upon them to assume their full and just burdens of the common defense of free dom. “We shall strive to foster everywhere, and to practice ourseives, policies that en courage productivity and profitable trade. “Within the framework of the United Nations to help strengthen such special bonds (of regional grouping) the world over. “We hold all continents and peoples in equal regard and honor. “We shall strive to make it (United Nations) not merely an eioquent symbol but an effective force. "Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America . . . “This is the work that awaits us all, to be done with bravery, with clarity — and prayer to almighty God."

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