Earnest Endeavour by America and Other Nations Could Bring About Lasting Peace

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26354, 8 January 1947, Page 5

Earnest Endeavour by America and Other Nations Could Bring About Lasting Peace

(Rec. 9 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. President Truman, addressing a joint session of Congress on the state of the Union, said the power to mould the nation’s future lay in the joint hands of Congress and the 1 President. If the right course were found, and resolutely and courageously taken, in spite of all difficulties a state of well-being unprecedented in history could be achieved. “If we continue to work with other nations earnestly, patiently, and wisely, we can —granting the will to peace on the part of our neighbours—make a lasting peace,” he said.- To realise these ends, Congress and the President must work together. President Truman reminded Congress that he was its twentieth President whose own party had been in a minority in one or both Houses. He said that partisan differences had not caused material differences in the conduct of the war and international relations, and added that there would probably be partisan differences in domestic issues, but these could be settled by working together sincerely for the common good. As 1947 began, the United States had achieved virtually full employment. The national production of goods and services was 50 per cent, higher than in any pre-war year and the national income was higher than in any peace-time year. The American standard of living was higher than ever before. Emergency controls had been removed at. a rapid rate, and the remaining controls would be retained only so long as they were neded to protect the public. Private enterprise must be given the greatest possible freedom to expand the national economy.