Natural Beauty, Resources, Etc. 2/2/65
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Hayes
CONGRESSIONAL RECON NDIX
November 12, 1965
Americans will appreciate the following
This, I suppose, is a penalty that any
desk:
on the block," but Mr. Valencia has put
Natural
most
likely
to
excellent article, which came across my
nation can pay for being the "biggest kid
one
solutions,
he
To HONOR OUR FLAG Is AMERICANISM
the issue in keen perspective and I cal
tacked by Real China,
can
for
help
(By Christ S. Minneci, Chicago, Ill.)
his remarks to the attention of my col-
went to Big India thought
George Washington said, "If we desire to
leagues and readers of the CONGRES-
no shame td non-Asian aid.
avoid insult, we must be able to repel it, if
SIONAL RECORD by asking that the article
Thailand
ows
where
its
safet
we desire peace it must be known that we
be printed in the Appendix of the
Without the mericans, it is Pe
are at all times ready for war," and again
RECORD.
ing's list fo inquest-and the Thai, who
Abraham Lincoln questioned, "What consti-
There being no objection, the article
I am sure
not less patriotic than we
tutes the bulwark of our own liberty and
are, are no lined to admit it.
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
independence? It is not our frowning battle-
Even flamboyant Prince Si-
as follows:
ments, our bristling sea coasts-our reliance
hanouk,
Will njoys damning the United
in the love of liberty which God has planted
U.S. PRESENCE IN ASIA
States, alw eeps looking over his shoul-
in us."
(By A. L. Valencia)
der to see Uncle Sam is still around.
Our flag represents this and much more.
WASHINGTON.-Beyond the crucial deci-
LAOS TOO
It gives us the incentive to acquire property,
sions posed by the war in South Vietnam lies
Would
still preserve a semblance of
it gives us the protection of holding that
an even larger, long-range problem for Presi-
freedom
for American support?
property. The pioneers who risked their lives
dent Johnson and the American people.
Malaysia
uld not hold off Sukarno and
could not or would not build the wilderness
It can be put in one stark sentence.
defend its
nationhood if it did not have
without the protection and security our flag
How far should the United States commit
the
Assista of Britain. And Britain could
gave them.
itself to the defense of freedom in southeast
not
defen [alaysia if America allowed the
Under the flag of the United States of
Asia?
dam to
America, we have laws that we ourselves
If southeast Asia were united and en-
Even pow
ful Japan, the most advanced
enacted. We established courts to protect
thusiastic in its desire for American protec-
nation
East, is content to be almost
the innocent and penalize the guilty. We
tion, the question would be easier to answer
totally der
dent on the United States for
have a Constitution of our making, not
But that is far from the case. In fact, for
its secur
Japan is fully aware that if
dictated by royalty or dictatorship We have
his efforts so far, Uncle Sam has received far
South K
falls into Communist hands,
established a military force equal to none,
more brick-bats than bouquets-not a few
it will h
dagger pointed at its belly.
and unless our country is destroyed by trai-
from the Philippines, an area in which he
How
could Taiwan exist as a free
tors within, we shall enjoy the peace that
least expected them.
fragment
China, if it were not for the
Washington prayed for.
FASHIONABLE
American
Under this flag we are free to choose our
STATEMENTS OF FACT
political leaders, though often we make hor-
Among the angry young men of southeast
rible mistakes; and we are free to choose
Asia, it has become fashionable to attack
To ma
nese statements of obvious fact,
the means of earning a living-what, where,
America's actions and motives at every turn,
and to
these questions to which the
and to applaud every American misfortune.
answers
equally obvious, is not to de-
and when we please.
mean
prides.
Our flag is a symbol of worship to God
To be able to talk back to the greatest power
and no one can force us to love God any
on earth is regarded as a badge of courage
It is napely to stress a decent respect for
other way than our own and by this freedom
and patriotism.
reality.
we have loved liberty which God has planted
But should not these critics-if they are
There trend today for people to scoff
in us.
honest men-also concede that their very
when any mention is made of a special re-
But our flag is also a constant reminder
liberty to dissent has up to now depended
lationsh between the Philippines and the
that the United States of America cannot
directly on American protection?
United States. But can anyone honestly say
be the bulwark of liberty and independence
It is all very well to be in fashion-but how
that such a relationship does not exist?
unless its people continue to be vigilant and
does fashion match up with fact?
But what is the yardstick-dollars and
jealously guard its liberty and independence,
For Filipinos, the fact should be clear: But
cents or shared ideals? What of the deep
in the schools, in the clubs, in the unions, in
for the United States, we might not be free
emotion stirred by the memory of blood
our governments, and particularly at the elec-
nation today. We would certainly not enjoy
mingled Bataan and Corregidor?
tion polls, watching and exposing Commu-
our present sense of security and well-being
Does nyone seriously doubt that if the
nists or their stooges who would enslave us
How can remain so aloof from the tur-
Philippines were attacked, the United States
and make a satellite of our Nation within.
bulence all around us? How long do we
would not come to our aid?
We, who have served, we who have offered
really think we could maintain our freedom
in an Asia dominated by Red China?
FRICTIONS
our lives must continue on to live for our
TWO FACTORS
Of course there have been frictions be-
country, the archangel of peace, the lifegiver
of the world, by being ready and willing to
tween he two countries. The relationship
Up to now we have relied on two factors
weaken or disintegrate our enemies and help
would not be healthy if there were not
for our safety and identity as a free people-
our friends who love liberty; for our flag, the
since that is the way between freemen.
the seas around us and the American
American flag, must wave forever.
Tha most Filipinos understand is shown
presence.
In the air and space age, the widest ocean
by the willingness of Filipino veterans to
is no more a barrier than a ditch. If as a
volun eer for service in Vietnam alsongside
result of shrill demands for "Yankee Go
their ormer American comrades.
A. L. Valencia, of the Manila Times, Com
Home," American power were to draw back
If here are millions of Asians who re-
in the Pacific, the Philippines-let's face
sent he American presence in Asia, there
ments on the U.S. Presence in Asia
would be virtually defenseless.
are n ny other millions of Asians who know
Even now, our Government admits anxiety
presence is all that enables them
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
about the larger ambitions of President
to
in free.
Sukarno, of Indonesia, hence the angling for
OF
American money to build a new naval base
HON. MILWARD L. SIMPSON
in Mindanao, It is somewhat ironic that
President Macapagal who, on taking office,
The President Leads the Nation Toward
OF WYOMING
lost no time in stamping his feet at Uncle
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
Sam and then showed sympathy for Sukarno,
Beauty
should now be pressing Uncle Sam to defend
Friday, October 22. 965
him against an Indonesian threat.
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. President, one of
It is a fortunate happenstance that
OF
the best explanations I have ever read,
Sukarno has so blotted his copybook with
for the presence of several thousand U.S.
the United States that we will almost cer-
HON. ED EDMONDSON
troops in Asia, appeared in the June 3
tainly get the Mindanao base. It is hardly a
OF OKLAHOMA
Manila Times under/the byline of A. L.
credit to Macapagal statesmanship and cer-
tainly no credit to our own brand of Ameri-
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Valencia. Unfortunately, it missed the
can baiters.
Friday, October 22, 1965
wide attention it should have received,
ASIAN PROBLEMS
for Mr. Valencia points to one of the key
We are always talking about Asian solu-
Mr. EDMONDSON. Mr. Speaker, last
factors in the rise of anti-Americanism
tions to Asian problems. What is an Asian
February President Johnson called upon
in some quarters of Asia when he says:
problem? And what is an Asian solution?
this Congress to help preserve and pro-
To be able to talk back to the greatest
The world is shrinking so rapidly that
tect America's wonderful natural beauty,
power on earth is regarded as a badge of
anybody's problem is everybody's problem.
and at the same time he called upon
courage and patriotism.
If we insist on an Asian solution, it will be
other Americans to do the same.
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