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power, where there is no freedom left for the individual
Why Our Defense Preparations?
worker-no freedom to choose his work, no freedom to
People want peace.
quit his work, no freedom to bargain for better wages
or working conditions. The worker has become a tool
While we have to be able to defend ourselves in
-a cog in a great State machine.
case of attack, we realize clearly that huge armaments
and defense preparations are not goals in themselves.
People in the Soviet Union now know to their sorrow
War is an old-fashioned, outmoded instrument which
that the Soviet regime has not kept its promises but has
most men never want to use.
only made them slaves; it has not kept its promises to
peasants and farmers; its appeals to intellectuals, sci-
We know war is wrong. We know it is wrong to kill
entists, and artists have been tricks which have stifled
people, to hurt them, to starve them, to destroy their
their talents and creativity and forced a complete dis-
homes and their factories. We oppose the trend by
regard of scientific truth and of universal human values.
which war is in danger of becoming an end in itself.
We must extend our aggressive sympathy to those who
We know that war only determines who will dominate
have experienced the consequences of these betrayals.
whom; it does not settle any of the fundamental prob-
lems concerning which way of life is best.
5. The aim of education in a Soviet dominated area
is the creation of Soviet citizens who believe what they
And yet we know there are some things worse than
are taught and do what they are told. All education
war - the slavery or bondage of our bodies, our
is SO organized that no one may obtain any kind of
minds, our souls. Hence we shall resist all threats of
knowledge the State does not approve. Soviet rulers
Soviet imperialism and domination wherever they may
do not want to run the risk of speculation and doubt
be found. But we must remember at the same time
about the wisdom of the state. Teachers are therefore
that modern total warfare increases our own bondage,
curtails our own liberties.
expected to preach, not to teach. They preach a new
religion which they present as a science.
What we are working for is time for people to see in
6. The Soviet regime is exploiting the national self-
their own experiences that if all of us act together we
interest of people to lure them into its own sphere
can all raise our levels of security, can all increase the
of influence and eventually to dominate and exploit
range of our satisfactions in peaceful ways. We are
them for Soviet ends. During the last hundred years,
working for time so that people can judge ideas and
nationalism has gained a powerful place in the ideas of
institutions according to the way they affect individuals.
man. The idea of nationalism has become almost a
We are also fighting for time to solve some of our
religion. The Soviets have grasped the implications
own problems. For in spite of the high standards we
and quickly realized that they could be successful only
have so far achieved, there is still a good deal of
if they took this new strong tendency into account,
housecleaning to be done in our own country, i.e., slum
especially in Asia. And so, as often before, they have
clearance, racial discrimination, etc. We are engaged
shifted their "international" party line for reasons of
in this housecleaning. We are also concerned through
expediency and have now come out as champions of
the United Nations with finding methods of banishing
"revolutionary nationalism."
vestiges of capitalistic imperialism, and at the same
Furthermore, the Soviet leaders are smart enough to
time trying to keep colonial peoples from Soviet en-
realize that in under-developed countries, progress can
slavement. We are determined to show by our deeds
come about only in step by step fashion. They realize
that we are doing things to improve what we recog-
nize as bad and inconsistent with our stated ideals.
that the logical first step for a colonial people is to
shake off their former lords, the next step for them is
We must make it clear that our whole program of
to forge their own nationalism. The Soviets assist in
economic and technical aid to underdeveloped areas
the first step SO they can guide the second step and
is one designed to help people to help themselves. Our
use the upsurge of nationalism for their own purposes.
actions will prove better than words that we refuse to
Thus we see that the present regime in China is even
say to anyone, "Here is bread if you will think the way
more nationalistic than the Nationalists they replaced,
I do-if you will do as I say."
and that the people in the new China must work and
These are the fundamental reasons why we are de-
fight for Soviet goals.
termined to defend ourselves and other free people.
We hold no grudge against the Russian people and
We know that we can never stop Soviet expansion
the people of the satellite countries. We feel that
by military might alone. Our real aim is therefore to
they are the victims of the Soviet regime and its pup-
root out the conditions on which Soviet appeals thrive
pet governments. We want the people who live in
-the sources of basic insecurity, distrust, greed, and
those areas to know that we share with them common
injustice.
purposes as human beings and that we are willing to
The time we are fighting for is time to prevent World
make sacrifices to help them concretely.
War III altogether. If we can make this point clear,
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