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VOLUME XXVI NO. 31
RESOLUTION INTRODUCED BY
N. C. SENATORS TO NAME
FT. RALEIGH COMMISSION
Ervin, Jordan and Bonner Sponsor Effort to Es
tablish Memorial to First Landing of English
on Roanoke Island; President Asked to Name
Five-Man Commission for Project Initiated by
Senator Robert Lee Humber.
Belated recognition of the his
torical event which transpired on
Roanoke Island when the first Eng
lish settlers in the New World
landed here, and made subsequent
attempts to colonize the area,
which culminated in the Lost Col
ony took place in the Senate yes
terday.
A joint resolution, introduced in
the Senate by Senators Ervin and
Jordan and in the House by Con
gressman Herbert C. Bonner, asks
the President to name a five-man
commission for the purpose of cre
ating a memorial at Fort Raleigh
commemorating the history then
made. If the bill is successful, the
president would name a commission
recommended by the Senators.
For sometime this project has
been advocated by State Senator
Robert Lee Humber of Pitt Coun
ty, who gave loyal service for sev
eral years as Chairman of the
Roanoke Island Historical Associa
tion, sponsors of the Lost Colony.
More recently, Mrs.- O. Max Gard
ner, now Chairman, and Mrs. Fred
W. Morrison of Washington, D. C.
have given dedicated service to the
cause. ♦ ♦ «> » ' i»
BELHAVEN MAN JOINS
CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT
J. L. (Larry) Lancaster, assist
ant manager of Wachovia Bank
& Trust Company’s corporate trust
division, has been named to the
staff of Carolina Power & Light
Company’s Secretary in Raleigh.
He assumes duties in the new
post February 1.
Lancaster is a resident of Gar
ner and a native of Belhaven. He
graduated from John A. Wilkinson
High School in Belhaven, served
three years in the U. S. Navy
during World War 11, is a gradu
ate of King’s Business College
and the American Institute of
Banking. He joined Wachovia in
1948 and has served in the cor
porate trust division since 1951.
He has been assistant manager
for five years. His parents live in
Belhaven.
He is a member of the board of
stewards and past president of the
men’s club at Garner First Meth
odist Church, is director of the
Garner Lions Club, chairman of
Scout Troop >9l and member of
the Raleigh-Durham Bond Club.
Mrs. Lancaster is the former
Harriet Daniel, also of Belhaven.
They have two children, Debra,
Ann, 7, and J. L. Lancaster 111,
4 years old. „ >
CASES THIS WEEK IN
DARE RECORDER’S COURT
The following cases were dis
posed of this week in the Record
et’s Court of Dare County. For
speeding, Charles Wiley Johnson
of Nags Head, sl4; Cary W. Stet
son of Wanchese, Bryan S. O’Neal
of Stumpy Point and Leona G.
Jennette, Buxton, sls; Cleon C.
Tillett, Manteo, sll.
Anthony E. Ellenbecker, Wasau,
Wise., reckless and careless driv
ing, $25; Robert L. Midgett, Man
teo, following too close; Sam L.
Liverman, Kill Devil Hills, driving
a car without proper registi jtion,
$lO each; Donald J* Alexander,
Buxton, second offense for driving
with expired license plates, $10;
D. G. Prints, Buxton, no liability
insurance, no operator’s license,
$35; John M. Scarborough, 23,
Avon, driving while intoxicated
and possession of whiskey in quan
tity, sllO. Shelby L. Hines, Kitty
Hawk, no chauffeur’s license and
improper equipment, $35.
James E. Outlaw of Wanchese
was charged by oyster inspectro
Arnold Daniels with offering for
sale oysters not proprely culled
and was fined $lO.
All the defendants paid court
costa in addition to fines.
CHURCH .SUPPER SATURDAY
NIGHT AT KITTY HAWK
A chicken supper, admission sl,
win be held Saturday night at the
new Educational rooms of the Kitty
Hawk Methodist Church the pro
ceeds to go to the organ fund. The
supper will continue from 5 to 8
p. m. The public is invited. •
THE COASTLAND TIMES
WITH WHICH IS COMBINED THE PILOT AND HERALD OF BELHAVEN AND SWAN QUARTER
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
BELHAVEN-PANTEGO ROTARY
CLUB HEARS ELLISON
TALK ABOUT FISHERIES
Members of the Belhaven-Pante
go Rotary Club and guests were
privileged to hear an outstanding
talk by William Ellison, fisheries
expert, when they met at Flossie’s
House in Pantego on Tuesday eve
ning -last. Mr. Ellison, a graduate
of Duke University, worked with
the Atlantic Coast Fisheries, a
gjoqp of New York and
New* England interests. First he
worked as a marine biologist and
later as manager of the engineer
ing division for 18 years. He was
for several years director of the
Institute of Research at Morehead
City before going to Formosa as
fisheries advisor to the National
ist Chinese Government, H's last
assignment was a five months tour
of Korea, where he served as fish
eries economist.
Mr .Ellison began by saying that
compared to nature’s destructive
ness, the effects of man upon a
free swimming, migratory, ocean
ic species is insignificant. He made
a statistical study for five impor
tant fish >n this country and four
principal European fish which
showed peaks of abundance alter
nating with scarcities. Trout dis
appeaered from New England wat
ers in 1800 but reappeared in 1877.
Many fish such as blue fish, North
Carolina trout, croakers, and rock
or striped bass have shown wide
Variations. Menhaden disappeared
entirely along the coast of Maine
from 1923 to 1947. North Carolina
croakers and trout have varied <n
the commercial catch from 300,-
000,000 in 1880 to 10,000,000 in
1937, yet slumping to 3,000,000 in
1957. Striped bass have varied
widely, some reasons there were
practically none, others a normal
amount but during the past season
more were caught along the coast
than ever before in North Carolina
variations are due largely to sur
history.
According to Mr. Ellison these
vival or non-survival of yearly
broods. Local conditions, such as
fresh water canals, insecticides and
weather conditions can affect the
survival rate. Investigations by the
French have established the fact
that temperatures have a great af
fect on the Grand Banks of New
foundland, where between 1880 and
the middle twenties, four years of
abundance were always followed
by three lean years.
Mr. Ellison said the year brood
survival is the most important
factor in supply. As an example he
pointed to the Norweigian herring
fishery which took over half its
fish from the 1904 class during
the years of 1908-1918. Had the
brood of 1904 failed to return, the
fisheries would have been a fail
ure for eight years.
The fish and shrimp industry is
vital to the coastal people and the
speaker urged his listeners, many
of whom were connected directly
or indirectly with the fisheries >n
terests in this area* not to be
stampeded, but to take every op
portunity to study the situation
and to listen to specialists in the
fishing dynamics.
P. D. Midgett, Jr. and Roy Lowe
pf, ISngelhard along with Rev, A.
B. Bryan, M. E. Wilson, Ci R.
Potter and J. L. Lancaster were
guests of the club. .
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MARCIA WECHTER NAMED
ENGLISH EVENT WISjNER
Marcia Michele Wechter of'Page
High School, Greensboro, has been
named a 1960 national winner in
the annual achievement Uwards
competition of the National Coun
cil of Teachers of English.'
A Stumpy Point native and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Wechter of 3702 Normandy Road,
Miss Wechter was nominated last
spring by a committee of English
teachers from the high school. Two
tests, three compositions and two
supporting letters from high school
personnel were the bases used by a
committee of state judges for eval
uating nominees.
Miss Wechter is one of six win
ners in North Carolina and receiv
ed an appropriate certificate of
•ward.
MANTEO PTA TOLD
OF "B" BUDGET
EDUCATION PLAN
Joint Meeting with Kitty Hawk
Hears Speaker on Program
for More Education
On Monday evening, January 23,
aa joint meeting of the Kitty
Hawk, Manteo Elementary and
Manteo High School P.T.A. was
held at the Manteo High School.
Hhis meeting was presided over
by the president of the Kitty Hawk
Association, Mrs. M. R. Thompson.
The purpose of the meeting was
t haer an address by Raymond
Stone, the executive secretary for
the oNrth Carolina Citizens Com
mittee for Better Schools. Mrs.
Robert •F. Gibbs, Dare County
Chairman of the Citizens Commit
tee for Better Schools, introduced
the speaker. *
Mr. Stne spoke on the “B Bud
get’’ which has been drawn up by
the State Board of Education for
presentation to the General As
sembly. This budget sets forth the
educational objectives which it is
claimed would improve the pres
ent structure.
Mr. Stone developed four points
which are essenttial for realizing
the American ideal, the equal op
portunity of every child to receive
a good education. First, schooling
must be appropriate. It should
take care of those who are going
to college, and of those who plan
to go into trades or other occupa
tions; it should develop ideals of
citizenship; it should provide for
the fast learners, the slow learn
ers, and the physically handicap
ped. Second, education should be
available to every boy and girl, no
matter where his home may be.
Third, it should be excellent, which
calls for competent personnel and
tools. Too, time must be provided
for teachers to teach and children
to learn. Fourth, it must be sup
ported. A community will have no
better schools than it is willing to
support. This support must be in
tellectual as well as financial. Par
ents could raise the level of a
child’s aspirations.
The citizens of Rare County
were urged to communicate with
their Senators and Representatives
to let them know their position on
the “B Budgett.”
MAJOR HARRIS RETIRES AT
ORD. AMMO. COMMAND
Swan Quarter Man Complete* 21 Year*
of Active Service: Will Live in
Joliet, Illinois
Major William G. Harris, assist
ant chief of the National Procure
ment Branch at the Ordance Am
munition Command, Joliet, 111., has
retired from active duty after com
pleting 21 years of military
service.
His retirement marked the end
of a military career Major Harris,
began in 1939 when he left his
native Swan Quarter, to enlist in
the Army.
In May 1943 he was given a
discharge as a first sergeant in or
der to accept an appointment as a
warrant officer. In July 1945 he
was awarded a field appoinment
as a second lieutenant
During World War II Maior Har
ris served from 1943 to 1945 in the
North African and the Mediterran
ean Theaters of operation, first in
North Africa, then in Corsica and
Italy.
He later served two tours of
duty overseas, in Germany from
1949 to 1953 and in Korea in
1957 and 1958.
Major Harris has completed two
assignments with the OAC Pro
curement Branch, the first from
1953 to 1956 and start
ing in May 1958.
Following his retirement he will
live in Elwood, 111., where he owns
a home. He is continuing his asso
ciation with the Ordance Ammuni
tion Command in a civilian capaci
ty.
His wife, the former Pauline
Hampton of Sheffield, Ala., is a
teacher in the Elwood, 111., Con
solidate! School.
Major Harris was born in Swan
Quarter, and was a 1934 gradu
ate of the Swan Quarter High
School.
Major and Mrs. Harris have
three children. The oldest, Bill
Harris, is a freshman at the Uni
versity of Illinois, a 1959 gradu
ate of the Joliet Township High
School, and the recently announced
recipient of an appointment by U.
S. Representative Noah Mason as
a cadet at the Air Force Academy,
Colorado Springs, Colo., affective
with the term beginning in June
1961.
Their daughter Carolyn is a sen
ior at the Joliet Township High
School, and a son, Jerry, 8, is a
second grade pupil at the Elwood,
111., Consolidated School.
He is a member of a large
family which includes five bro
thers, Carl Harris and Leo Harris
See HARRIS, Page Eight
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1961
VETERAN PARK RANGER
COMING TO SEASHORE
Tony Stark to Take Over Monday as
Chief Ranger on Coast; Coming
From Blue Ridge Parkway
Tony Stark, assistant chief ran
ger of the Blue Ridge Parkway 9%
years, will become chief park rang
er of Cape Hatteras (NC.j National
Seashore next Monday
Stark an employe of the Na
tional Park Service for 20 years,
worked for the National Forest
Service in Missouri and Connecti
cut for three years before that.
He joined the nark wav a* B'nff
District ranger in North Carolina
years ago. He had been a
Yellowstone National Park ranger.
After four years. Stark moved to
the Roanoke headquarters as as
sistant chief ranger. He has been
in charge of safety for the park
way for two years.
Stark, who lives in Vinton, was
born in Pennsylvania and made
his home at Ann Arbor, Mich.,
where he graduated from the Uni
versity of Michigan.
His wife, Mrs. Virginia Stark,
has taught school • iir-r Roanoke
County for eight years. *■**
They fihve two daughters. Mrs.
C. Bowie Lanford, Petersburg,
and Miss Sharon Stark, Atlanta.
CAPT. GEORGE CUDWORTH.
WANCHESE NATIVE, DIES
Capt Georgt Dewey Cudworth
Sr., 61, husband of Mrs. Effie
Manning Cudworth and son of the
late Llewellyn and Mrs. Rebecca
Crees Cudworth, died in h ! s home,
531 Kenosha Drive, Norfolk, Sun
day at 1:30 a.m.
Besides/ hie wife, he is sur
vived by two sons, George D. Cud
worth Jr. and Perrin L. Cudworth,
both of Norfolk; two sisters, Mrs.
Lora Crees and Mrs. Arvilla Mid
gette, both of Wanchese, a brother,
Vance Cudworth of Manteo, and six
g-andchildren.
Cant. Cudworth was a native of
Wanchese and lived in Norfolk
most of his life. He was a member
of Lafayette Presbyterian Church,
Corinthian Masonic Lodge 266.
John Walters Royal Arch Chapter
68; Grice Commandery 16, Knights
Templar; Khedive Temple, and the
International organization. Mas
ters, Mates and Pilots. Until his
retirement he was a tug boat
captain.
A funeral service was held in
Hollom'on-Brown Funeral Home
Tuesday at 2 p.m. Burial was in
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk.
HOG GROWERS MEETING
A meeting for hog growers will
be held Monday afternoon, Janu
ary 30, at 2 p.m. in the Swan
Quarter Agricultural Building.
Hog growers, as well as other in
te lasted people, are invited to at
tend. Jack Kelly, in charge of Ex
tension Animal Husbandry at State
College, will be here to discuss
swirjq information and problems.
Come and ask questions about
your swine problems.
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UNCLE DOCK FROM DUCK WRITES:
Democrats of Country Expected to Raise
$3,000,000 to Make Up Party Deficit
Dear Mr. Editor:
I see by the papers that the Dem
ocrats lacked three million dollars
paying expenses of the last cam
paign whose success they celebrat
ed with such liberality last week.
Another campaign is to begin soon
by raising money in every state for
a series of Jackson Day Dinners to
help make up the deficit. If the
Democrats had shown as much zeal
last fall in helping their party, as
they showed last week, when they
shelled out to go Washington, it
wouldn’t be hard at all to raise
this money.
If they could fork up a million
dollars to finance the appearance of
many of the most famous actors of
the country in putting on a show in
the Capital, and the cost of travel
ling to it, not to speak of the great
amount of money otherwise spent
on the weeks events, it seems they
could raise the money to pay the
party out of debt I venture to say
that a goodly number, of those who
swarmed into Washington were
there with both eyes cocked in hope
of getting a political appointment
and some of these people have
never contributed a dollar to the
party.
It has always seemed a strange
thing to me that so many of those
who enjoy the best jobs handed
them through their party’s efforts,
never contribute anything to help
the cause. I know several people
with good jobs who have always
declined to contribute a penny when
the roll call comes around. It seems
now is a good time to conquer this
frontier, which is not a new one by
any means. If a man is a member of
a church, or a lodge or a club, and
An Appeal for Recognition of Valuable
4-H Program for Youth and Our Farms
An Outstanding 4-H Leader Outlines the Benefits, and Impor
tanee of This Growing Program to Our Farm Economy in
North Carolina.
By MRS. SUSIE M. JARVIS, Engelhard, N. C.
The Hyde County 4-H Develop
ment Fund Committees are begin
ing their active fund raising cam
paign. |
Excellent results were obtained
in the previous campaign. $335.00
was raised. Later our county was
given a goal of $750.00. $415.00
must be raised now.
Many times the commitfee mem
bers have been asked How will
Hyde County profit from the 4-H
Development Fund? This article
will attempt to answer it.
However, we would like to
ask these questions. Do you know
what 4-H really is? What it can
do for youth mentally, spiritually,
physically, socially? Do you know
the broad field of projects availably
to 4-H members? If your child is a
4-H member do you know what his
or her projects are and, what is
required for completion? Do you?
see that accurate records are kept,
projects completed and records
turned in? Do you encourage sup
port in 4-H activities? Do you
bother to take your child to activi
ties of this kind? Have you ever
been an “active” 4-H club leader.
Would you accept a leader’s posi
tion?
If you cannot answer these ques-|
tions “yes”, then you, as a parent,
must take more interest in the acti
vities and worthwhile organizations
available to youth.
When you understand what 4-H
means then you will understand
what the 4-H Development Fund
will mean to any county, state, or!
nation.
From the begining of the N. C.
extension program, specialists and
extension leaders have given their
I’ves to build our present service.
They are the most dedicated and
devoted people imaginable. They
have given us a heritage that we
must never let die; for, if we do our
most precious posessions and
beliefs will die also.
The purpose of the 4-H Develop
ment Fund program are:
1- To improve camping pro
grams. i
2- To provide 4H educational
scholarships I
3- To extend the state wide
system of awards
4- To expend the International
Farm Youth Exchange Program
Let us take them one at a time.
1. Recreation - Camping activities
provide social, spiritual, physical,
and mental growth not available
to many of our children except
through 4-H summer camps.
Now, there are only 4 camps
in N. C. only 5% of present mem
bership can attend.
Facilities are needed immediate
ly to provide adequate camping ac
commodations for 1,000 boys and
girls each week. This would take
care of 10% of our present club
members.
Increased physical facilities
never 'pays any dues, or makes
any contribution to the causes he
advocates, he surely is not doing
his part. If the party organization
develops a little stamina, and re
fused to endorse or support the
deadbeats, it can prove its merit,
and find easier sledding on future
occasions when the burden begins
to bear down.
People with the nerve and gall
to demand public office or political
recognition after having never con
tributed anything to their party
have always puzzled me. They toil
not, neither do they spin, yet take
it for granted they should be array
in glory, like Solomon himself.
Recognizing such people year
after year has done more than any
thing else to weaken and tear down
the party. Those who enjoy the
benefits of victory should chip in to
pay the bills. They shouldn’t expect
others to carry the burden.
We shall see what we shall see
pretty soon. Sometime in March,
the Jackson day dinner will be held
in Raleigh as in other states, and
the march of the freeloaders will
begin.
Let us hope our new State and
National administrations will re
store an old custom. Let the re
wards of politics go to the workers,
and demand that the expenses
of campaigns be paid by those who
enjoy the fruits of victory. Unless
this rule is followed, we may con
tinue to see the party grow weaker,
less effective and less beneficial to
our people.
Your for fair dealing,
UNCLE DOCK FROM DUCK.
at camps also means additional
personnel will have to be employed
to operate them.
I Campers enjoy play and recrea
tion, as well as interesting worth
-1 while work as they join together
i in building both personal character
1 and group citizenship.
2. Education only lin3N. C.
. high school graduates ever enters
college. Fewer continue their edu
cation through college graduation.
, Very few of these choose to enter
agriculture and Home Economics
, curriculums. Our rural youth who
go to college and return home to
t farm, form a small minority. Those
college graduates who decide to
’ work professionally with young
j are even fewer in number. Some
' of our most talented young people
t do not receive higher education
( because of financial difficulties.
( | At present, no official 4-H schol
arships are available to 4-H
’ girls on a state wide basis. Only
5 such scholarships are available
, to boys. Our minimum goal, yearly,
should be to provide one boy and
.! one girl in each county the
J opportunity to attend college. Think
what this alone could do for
I Hyde County as well as the State.
I Our agriculture has become in
'creasingly scientific, other fields
’ of agriculture and related indus
, tries are crying for more trained
talent Yet our youth are not being
trained to fill these opportunities
for their own betterment and the
development of the country.
j In Hyde County the farmers are
decreasing in number. Most are
I middle age. Young people are
• finding work out of te county.
, Something must change, if we are
to prosper.
: 3. Recognition Our 4-H club
r programs have long been recogniz
' ed worthy of praise and admiration.
' Not content to be only “average”
youngsters are encouraged to de
monstrate their skills and talent in
’their projects, demonstrations, and
I I individual leadership.
J Recognizing outstanding achieve
ment, many individuals and corpor
’ ations award prizes to 4-H boys
I and girls.
I This system has not been uni
i form in all areas. Hyde is one.
I One of the distinctive features
of 4-H club work is the oppor
tunity provided members to meet
See APPEAL, Page Four
4-H ACHIEVEMENT DAY
IN MANTEO JANUARY 28
By BEULAH W. GAYLORD
Home Economics Agent
The 4-H Achievement Day pro
gram is to be held at the Court-
I house on Saturday, January 28
, beginning at 10:30 A.M.
' Miss Carol Harris, Otranty Coun
cil President, will preside and pre
sent the guest speakers. Patrolmen
Skiles and Whitehurst will speak
on “Highway Safety fob Youth.”
Since our youth are our most valu
able possessions it is very impor
tant that everything possible be
done to promote these factors
which will enrich and preserve
their lives.
‘ Miss Nancy Coles Basnight will
s be moderator for a panel composed
: of 4-Hers who attended and partici
i pated in the following activities:
Electric Congress, 4-H Club Week,
'■ 4-H Open House, District Elimina
tion Day, '4-H Camp, Forestry
/ Camp, Sewing School, and School
i Craft and Special Interest meet
ings.
Awards of Achievement Certifi
[ ca’es will be presented to 4-Hers
who have done satisfactory pro
ject work and filled in their pro
| ject books.
> The outstanding 4-Hers will be
further recognized when they are
presented with medals and County
Champion Certificates.
This program is to recognize our
’ youth, so parents and all others
may see and know the work they
’ are doing. Show them you are inter
’ ested in their success and activities
‘ by attending their meeting. They
need your support if they are to
go forward.
4-H DINNER NETS SSO AT
ENGELHARD ON MONDAY
The 4-H Development fund din
ner held at Engelhard Monday
night is reported to have netted
from ticket sales not reported. Boys
and girls of the 4-H clubs sold tick
ets on afternoons, Miss Nelda How
ell, Home Agent, and Dan Baucom,
Assistant County agent, and Mrs
Dick O’Neal, who furnished cooks
for the meal are recognized for
their good work, along with numer
their good work, along with numer
ous business firms who contributed
foods for the supper. About IS 4-H
boys and girls served the supper.
MAIL SHOULD BE
ADDRESSED TO BOX 428
MANTEO, N. C.
NOT TO INDIVIDUALS
Single Copy 70
KENNEDY’S PLEDGE
IN SUPPORT OF
WORLD FREEDOM
President Says Let Us Begin Our
Task; Ask What Shall We Do
For Our Country
Following is the text of Pres
ident John F. Kennedy’s inau
gural address last Friday:
My fellow citizens:
We observe today, not a victory
of party but a celebration of free
dom—symbolizing an end as well
as a beginning—signifying renew
al as well as change. For I have
sworn before you and Almighty
God the same solemn oath our
forebears prescribed nearly a cen
tury and three-quarters ago.
The world is very different now.
For man holds in his mortal hands
the power to abolish all forms of
human poverty and to abolish all
form of human life. And yet the
same revolutionary beliefs for
which our forebears fought are
still at issue around the globe
the belief that the rights of man
come not from the generosity of
the state but from the hand of
God.
We dare not forget today that
we are the heirs of that first revo
lution. Let the word go forth from
this time and place, to friend and
foe alike, that the torch has been
passed to a new generation of
Americans—born in this century,
tempered by war, disciplined by a
cold and bitter peace, proud of our
ancient heritage—and unwilling to
witness or permit the slow undo
ing of those human rights to which
this Nation has always been com
mitted, and to which we are com
mitted today.
Let every nation know, whether
it wish us well or ill, that we shall
pay any price, bear any burden,
meet any hardship, support any
friend or oppose any foe in order
to assure the survival and success
of liberty.
Pledges of Help and Friendship
This much we pledge—and more.
To those old allies whose cul-
■ tural and spiritual origins we
share, we pledge the loyalty of
faithful friends. United, there is
little we cannot do in a host of
new co-operative ventures. Divid
ed, there is little we can do—for
we dare not meet a powerful chal
lenge at odds and split asunder.
To those new states whom we
now welcome to the ranks of the
free we pledge our word that one
form of colonial control shall not
have passed, merely to be replaced
by a far more iron tyranny. We
shall not always expect to find
them supporting our every view.
But we shall always hope to find
them strongly supporting their
own freedom and to remember
that, in the past, those who fool
ishly sought to find power by rid
ing on the tiger’s back inevitably
ended up inside.
To those peoples in the huts and
villages of half the globe strug
gling to break the bonds of mass
misery, we pledge our best efforts
to help them help themselves, for
whatever period is required not
because the Communists are doing
it, not because we seek their votes,
but because it is right. If the free
society cannot help the many who
are poor, it can never save the
few who are rich.
To the sister republics south of
our border, we offer a special
pledge—to convert our good words
into good deeds in a new alli
ance for progress—to assist free
men and free governments in cast
ing off the chains of poverty. But
this peaceful revolution of hope
cannot become the prey of hostile
' powers. Let all our neighbors know
that we shall join with them to
oppose aggression or subversion
anywhere in the Americas. And let
every other power know that this
/ hemisphere intends to remain the
master of its own house.
To that world assembly of sov
ereign states, the United Nations,
our last best hope in an age where
the instruments of war have far
outpaced the instruments of peace,
we renew our pledge of support—
to prevent it from becoming mere
i ly a forum for invective to
’ strengthen its shield of the new
■ and the weak—and to enlarge the
i area in which its writ may run.
Finally, to those nations who
1 would make themselves our adver
sary, we offer not a pledge but a
request: That both sides begin
anew the quest for peace, before
the dark powers of destruction
unleashed by science engulf all
humanity in planned or accidental
self-destruction.
1 The Duties Os Both Sides
i We dare not tempt them with
■ weakness. For only when our arms
■ are sufficient beyond doubt can we
, be certain beyond doubt that they
will never be employed.
i But neither can two great and
• powerful groups of nations take
’ comfort from our present course
■ both sides overburdened by the cost
I of modern weapons, both rightly
1 alarmed by the steady spread of
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