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eae a EEN SATE NMS Ea A AT OY RE SE I SA = rtm ie telltenpsnRapifeM Ameen mesiretn tee Pauw TS =O ARIS ERRATA ST SN eae Tad ne nn oe i a Aen ante foe Poten G ae The "red scare" is clways introduced by men who want to stifle reason or divert attention from real and ;.ressing problems. This pact week our Secretary of State journeyed to Bogota, Colombia to participate in the Inter-American Conference. On his last trip to Latin America, with the President and Senator Vandenberg, General .iarshall pushed through a plan for unified arsaments and discussions of fundamental social and economic problems were postponed until the American nations could get together in bogota this spring. The first day of the weeting in Bogota, Secretary warshall raised the question of a "red menace" and, I quote from an INS dispatch, the effects of this move: "A show of hands overwhelmingly agreed the item is considered to be on the agenda. The action was the most important yet _tuken and assures that the present meeting will be unlivened by debate on this subject" --- and . here is the heart of it "relegut ing eco. conic mettcrs to a lesser role," The heart of sénerican foreign policy today is the raising of “e red menace" in ;reference to tackling tic fundemental problems of peoples everywhere - problems which must be wet, if we are really interested in stopping the spread of communism. You can't fight communisa with guns and fear and win. Our present edministration, firmly in the grip of huge monopoly interests, financiers, and cencrals, is core interested in protecting private interests abroad than in serving the interests of the general welfare, either at ho.»ze ar abroad. The problems of the peoples of Italy, Greece, China, and Latin America must Le met heed cn, if we are to compete with communism. heeting these problems will require strict control of international monopolies ~ control of cartels. ‘The powcr of the United States government, our public traasiry, and the bodies of our young men oust not be used to support international big business. . (more). Sod al cn hla Se earn . - SBE NT TPE ee ee EN ee Se TN UE OG ee Looe