APPEAL FOR NATIONAL UNITY

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25447, 19 March 1948, Page 7

APPEAL FOR NATIONAL UNITY

- m th® United States remain u,*™ned to seek by every possible ust 30(5 honourable basis for top of international issues. .nUt u continue to give our strong to the United Nations as sSJKfiteipal means for international based on law, not force, fa ££ sh ?V remain ready and anxious alf o “\. wit h a U nations—l repeat with to ri? *? DS —“ evel *y possible effort mternational understanding agreement. The door has never closed, nor will it ever be closed, fu®® Soviet Union or any other nawill genuinely co-operate Preserving peace. time has come when the ft.*. s tree men and women must face aw ~ reat to their liberty squarely courageously. The United States kenrrt- responsibility to act »orcung 1° the measure of our for good in the world. We

have learned that we must earn the peace we seek, just as wTearned victory in the war, not by wishful thinking, but by realistic effort. . “At no time' in our history has unitv among our people been so vital wat present Unity of purpose, unity of effort, unity of spirit are essential to accomplish the task before us. “Each of us here, in this Chamber to-day has a special. responsibility. The worlcf ls and the responsibilities of this country are too vast to permit party struggles to weaken our influence for maintaining peace. “The American people have, the right to assume that political considerations will not affect our working together They have the right to assume that we wiirjoin hands wholeheartedly and without reservation in our efforts to pre 4 e i™(» we