The imperialism of the czars has been replaced by the even more ambitious, more crafty, and more menacing imperialism of the rulers of the Soviet Union.

This new imperialism has powerful military forces.  It is keeping millions of men under arms.  It has a large air force and a strong submarine force.  It has complete control of the men and equipment of its satellites.  It has kept its subject peoples and its economy in a state of perpetual mobilization.

The present rulers of the Soviet Union have shown that they are willing to use this power to destroy the free nations and win domination over the whole world.

The Soviet imperialists have two ways of going about their destructive work.  They use the method of subversion and internal revolution, and they use the method of external aggression.  In preparation for either of these methods of attack, they stir up class strife and disorder.  They encourage sabotage.  They put out poisonous propaganda.  They deliberately try to prevent economic improvement.

If their efforts are successful, they foment a revolution, as they did in Czechoslovakia and China, and as they tried, unsuccessfully, to do in Greece.  If their methods of subversion are blocked, and if they think they can get away with outright warfare, they resort to external aggression.  This is what they did when they loosed the armies of their puppet states against the Republic of Korea, in an evil war by proxy.

We of the free world must be ready to meet both of these methods of Soviet action.  We must not neglect one or the other.

The free world has power and resources to meet these two forms of aggression—­resources that are far greater than those of the Soviet dictatorship.  We have skilled and vigorous peoples, great industrial strength, and abundant sources of raw materials.  And above all, we cherish liberty.  Our common ideals are a great part of our strength.  These ideals are the driving force of human progress.

The free nations believe in the dignity and the worth of man.

We believe in independence for all nations.

We believe that free and independent nations can band together into a world order based on law.  We have laid the cornerstone of such a peaceful world in the United Nations.

We believe that such a world order can and should spread the benefits of modern science and industry, better health and education, more food and rising standards of living—­throughout the world.

These ideals give our cause a power and vitality that Russian communism can never command.

The free nations, however, are bound together by more than ideals.  They are a real community bound together also by the ties of self-interest and self-preservation.  If they should fall apart, the results would be fatal to human freedom.

Our own national security is deeply involved with that of the other free nations.  While they need our support, we equally need theirs.  Our national safety would be gravely prejudiced if the Soviet Union were to succeed in harnessing to its war machine the resources and the manpower of the free nations on the borders of its empire.