EISENHOWER’S WARNING

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27679, 8 June 1955, Page 13

EISENHOWER’S WARNING

“Conference Only A Beginning”

(Rec. 10 p.m.) WEST POINT (New York), June 1. President Eisenhower today warned against “fatuous expectations” that the world could be cured by a single “at the sununit” meeting. Mr Eisenhower was speaking at the graduation of 469 men at the West Point Military Academy. The proceedings were televised in black and white and in colour. “This country now approaches a Big Four Conference,” Mr Eisenhower said. “The populations of the countries to be represented at this conference constitute only a fraction of mankind. And the free nations do not claim any right to speak for others. “Therefore, this prospective conference of the Four Powers is only a beginning in a renewed effort that might last a generation. “It is a task that may result in a long series of conferences. • “In them, this government, meeting with others, will further extend its search for ways in which the peaceful aspirations of mankind may ba advanced. “Militarily a and materially we are strong m our own right More important, we are strong in the partnership of many allies. But above aIL our nation is strong in its support of principle—we espouse the cause of freedom and justice and peace for all peoples, regardless of race or flag or political ideology. “Although in this strength we have reason for confidence, we likewise have need for wisdom and the caution that wisdom enforces—at the conference table itself, In the halls of government, in every place of business and in every home in America.*