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July 11, 1957
West Side News
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
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Reprint of Philippine Ambassador Carlos P. Romulo's speech at the Kiwanis International Convention in Atlantic City, warning Americans about Soviet communist threats, referencing Hungary, Philippines anti-communist law, and post-WWII events in Europe including Greece.
Merged-components note: Continuation of the story about Carlos P. Romulo's speech at the Kiwanis convention.
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Local Kiwanis Club Is Impressed By Romulo Speech At National Meet
World Impact Of Asian Mind
Is Given Vivid Emphasis
EDITOR'S NOTE—Copies of a dramatic address by Carlos P. Romulo, Philippine ambassador to the United States have reached every Kiwanis Club in the nation. The speech was given at the Kiwanis International Convention at Atlantic City June 23-27. West Side Kiwanis Club President Mel Dodge this week introduced Romulo's words to his club. In the belief that the Romulo speech has important food-for-thought for every dedicated American, this newspaper is reprinting it in its entirety.
Ambassador Romulo's words follow:
"When your President today reminded me of the day when we returned to Leyte to reconquer the Philippines from the Japanese, I also recall that day because the American newspaper correspondents with us wired back to their respective newspaper offices here that General MacArthur with General Romulo behind him waded in water waist-deep when they landed at Leyte and one of the newspaper editors in New York who knows me, when he read the dispatch said, 'Let's wire our correspondent, because if General MacArthur waded in water waist deep, Romulo must have drowned.'"
"My friends, I thank you for the privilege you have given me today to share my thoughts with you.
"These are crucial times. I do not believe in this temporary shift in Soviet Russian foreign policy. I always recall the conference in 1956 when everybody seemed to be smiling, we thought everything had changed and that we would have peace. Yet suddenly Soviet Russia emerged as a middle eastern power, which she never was before, thus covering up with smiles what the Russians were doing in the middle east in the meanwhile.
"And so I have come to you today to tell you certain truths that need telling: because, while it may be true that truth makes man free, the fact remains that when you are pitted against a foe such as Soviet Russia, it is good to reemphasize this truth.
"I am going to tell you a certain truth that will not be pleasant, a certain truth that may be unpalatable. I feel that you must be warned that when Soviet Russia in Hungary did what it did, and the United Nations special inquiry report written by five impartial nations unanimously tells the world that Soviet Russia was guilty of murder, brutality, and terrorism in Hungary, and that the Kadar government is a Soviet imposed government and it was Russia who suppressed the freedom of Hungary. I think it is my duty to come to you and to link this Soviet action with another event which happened on the other side of the world in my own country; namely the action of the Philippine Congress over a week ago in passing a law outlawing the Communist Party in the Philippines, making it punishable with death for anybody to be adjudged a leader of the Communist Party there. These two events, the one in Hungary, and the other in the Philippines are inter-related because they show that while in Hungary there was overaggression and in the Philippines there was overaggression, we defeated it and yet we believe that the Communist Party should be outlawed, because what Communism fails to do by force it will try to do by peaceful, insidious means. President Garcia said that the Communists may for the sake of expediency foreswear violence, but they will continue to destroy and subvert and overthrow the government, and the laws which protect us. And so it is important and essential for the security of the country to outlaw the Communist Party. That is what we have done!
"These are two danger signals, one in Hungary and the other in the Philippines, which serve notice to the people that you can never appease Communism, that Communism can be appeased by the free world only at the risk of its own destruction.
"Now, my friends, I want to take you back to the days immediately after the second World War when America was demobilizing her troops, in the opinion of some, too fast. While America demobilized her troops, Russia refused to demobilize one single Russian soldier: and so, it came to pass, that before you knew it Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Rumania, Czechoslovakia, and Poland, one after another, fell under the sinister shadow of the hammer and sickle. Millions of once free men were turned into robots of the Kremlin. The iron curtain was rung down, and the cold war started. That is how it came about.
"My friends, those of us who have studied Marxism, those who have studied Leninism, those of us whose business it is to follow closely the trend of International affairs, know despite the temporary shifts of Soviet Russian policy, despite the zigs and the zags of the Kremlin, Communism's objective is world conquest. When Soviet Russia saw, immediately after the second World War, that the only nation which could prevent her from achieving her objective of world conquest was weakening herself by demobilizing her troops, she took advantage of that phenomenon; she saw her chance, and so you know what happened! All the Satellite countries were practically annexed by Soviet Russia. But there was one country in Europe which, of all countries, Soviet Russia in 1947 really wanted. That was Greece: because Soviet Russia, being a land-locked country, had always coveted an outlet into the Mediterranean. After the second World War she knew she could get that outlet through Greece alone and, following the Communist pattern, Soviet Russia infiltrated into Greece the so-called guerrilla from Czechoslovakia and Poland and other Satellites with the specific instructions from Moscow to subvert the government, to make of Greece, another puppet state and thus win an outlet into the Mediterranean. She wanted that outlet into the Mediterranean in 1947 in order to be able to cut the western world's lifeline in two and ultimately deny to you use of the Suez Canal. That story is now on the front pages of your newspapers. As far back as 1947, Soviet Russia wanted to get the Suez Canal through Greece. But Washington saw what Soviet Russia wanted to do in 1947, and so you sent to Greece one of your greatest American Generals: General James Van Fleet; and with him a corps of American military experts. Together they helped train the Greek troops: together they helped direct Greek strategy. Then American economic
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HAULING - RUBBISH. By Week
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HAULING OF ALL KINDS:
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All types of floors. Clean, wax
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World Impact Of Asian Mind
Is Given Vivid Emphasis
EDITOR'S NOTE—Copies of a dramatic address by Carlos P. Romulo, Philippine ambassador to the United States have reached every Kiwanis Club in the nation. The speech was given at the Kiwanis International Convention at Atlantic City June 23-27. West Side Kiwanis Club President Mel Dodge this week introduced Romulo's words to his club. In the belief that the Romulo speech has important food-for-thought for every dedicated American, this newspaper is reprinting it in its entirety.
Ambassador Romulo's words follow:
"When your President today reminded me of the day when we returned to Leyte to reconquer the Philippines from the Japanese, I also recall that day because the American newspaper correspondents with us wired back to their respective newspaper offices here that General MacArthur with General Romulo behind him waded in water waist-deep when they landed at Leyte and one of the newspaper editors in New York who knows me, when he read the dispatch said, 'Let's wire our correspondent, because if General MacArthur waded in water waist deep, Romulo must have drowned.'"
"My friends, I thank you for the privilege you have given me today to share my thoughts with you.
"These are crucial times. I do not believe in this temporary shift in Soviet Russian foreign policy. I always recall the conference in 1956 when everybody seemed to be smiling, we thought everything had changed and that we would have peace. Yet suddenly Soviet Russia emerged as a middle eastern power, which she never was before, thus covering up with smiles what the Russians were doing in the middle east in the meanwhile.
"And so I have come to you today to tell you certain truths that need telling: because, while it may be true that truth makes man free, the fact remains that when you are pitted against a foe such as Soviet Russia, it is good to reemphasize this truth.
"I am going to tell you a certain truth that will not be pleasant, a certain truth that may be unpalatable. I feel that you must be warned that when Soviet Russia in Hungary did what it did, and the United Nations special inquiry report written by five impartial nations unanimously tells the world that Soviet Russia was guilty of murder, brutality, and terrorism in Hungary, and that the Kadar government is a Soviet imposed government and it was Russia who suppressed the freedom of Hungary. I think it is my duty to come to you and to link this Soviet action with another event which happened on the other side of the world in my own country; namely the action of the Philippine Congress over a week ago in passing a law outlawing the Communist Party in the Philippines, making it punishable with death for anybody to be adjudged a leader of the Communist Party there. These two events, the one in Hungary, and the other in the Philippines are inter-related because they show that while in Hungary there was overaggression and in the Philippines there was overaggression, we defeated it and yet we believe that the Communist Party should be outlawed, because what Communism fails to do by force it will try to do by peaceful, insidious means. President Garcia said that the Communists may for the sake of expediency foreswear violence, but they will continue to destroy and subvert and overthrow the government, and the laws which protect us. And so it is important and essential for the security of the country to outlaw the Communist Party. That is what we have done!
"These are two danger signals, one in Hungary and the other in the Philippines, which serve notice to the people that you can never appease Communism, that Communism can be appeased by the free world only at the risk of its own destruction.
"Now, my friends, I want to take you back to the days immediately after the second World War when America was demobilizing her troops, in the opinion of some, too fast. While America demobilized her troops, Russia refused to demobilize one single Russian soldier: and so, it came to pass, that before you knew it Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Rumania, Czechoslovakia, and Poland, one after another, fell under the sinister shadow of the hammer and sickle. Millions of once free men were turned into robots of the Kremlin. The iron curtain was rung down, and the cold war started. That is how it came about.
"My friends, those of us who have studied Marxism, those who have studied Leninism, those of us whose business it is to follow closely the trend of International affairs, know despite the temporary shifts of Soviet Russian policy, despite the zigs and the zags of the Kremlin, Communism's objective is world conquest. When Soviet Russia saw, immediately after the second World War, that the only nation which could prevent her from achieving her objective of world conquest was weakening herself by demobilizing her troops, she took advantage of that phenomenon; she saw her chance, and so you know what happened! All the Satellite countries were practically annexed by Soviet Russia. But there was one country in Europe which, of all countries, Soviet Russia in 1947 really wanted. That was Greece: because Soviet Russia, being a land-locked country, had always coveted an outlet into the Mediterranean. After the second World War she knew she could get that outlet through Greece alone and, following the Communist pattern, Soviet Russia infiltrated into Greece the so-called guerrilla from Czechoslovakia and Poland and other Satellites with the specific instructions from Moscow to subvert the government, to make of Greece, another puppet state and thus win an outlet into the Mediterranean. She wanted that outlet into the Mediterranean in 1947 in order to be able to cut the western world's lifeline in two and ultimately deny to you use of the Suez Canal. That story is now on the front pages of your newspapers. As far back as 1947, Soviet Russia wanted to get the Suez Canal through Greece. But Washington saw what Soviet Russia wanted to do in 1947, and so you sent to Greece one of your greatest American Generals: General James Van Fleet; and with him a corps of American military experts. Together they helped train the Greek troops: together they helped direct Greek strategy. Then American economic
35
-Plumbing
TOM DUCKWORTH plumbing and
heating. 1641 Oakwood. HI. 4-4519
H. S. Harrison and Son
Plumbing
BR. 4-5173
36-ROOFING, SPOUTING
Roofs.
gutters,
downspouts re-
paired
or
replaced.
Chimneys
pointed up.
KING'S SHEET METAL CO.
119
3.
Columbus St.
HI.
4-8516
BE.
5-6874
HANDLEY
AND
SON-Roofing,
spouting and painting. Interior
and
exterior.
30 years exp.
Free
estimates. CA. 4-9394.
ROOFING AND SPOUTING
Repairing and painting of gutters
REBER
COOK
HI. 4-4957
ROOFING PAINTING SPOUTING
Maintenance-repairs. 36 mos. to
pay.
'George Coakley. BR. 6-1359
ROOFING
GUTTERS
SPOUTING- SIDING
CHIMNEY REPAIR
IMMEDIATE SERVICE
36 Months To Pay
DARNELL CA. 4-6776
ROOFING
Spouting,
Gutters, Chimneys
Roofing
Repairs a Specialty.
"The boss does the work"
All
work
guar.
25 yrs. exp.
NATIONAL ROOFING CO.
Fred C. Carper
240 S. Princeton
BR. 9-1223
GUTTERS
Cleaned - Painted
-Repaired
REAS. PRICES. FREE EST.
BR. 9-1941
CL. 2-1385
GLENN A. BAIRD
Roofing - Gutters
Siding
1480 Frank Rd.
BR. 4-2761
SPOUTING,
Roofing,
Chimneys.
Wind damage, maintenance wk.
Men and equipment insured
Daisy Roofing Co.
BR. 4-9801.
ROOFING, GUTTERS.
DOWN
SPOUTING. Elmer Carper. 215
S. Richardson. BR. 45212.
37-WATCH REPAIR
FRITCH
JEWELERS
Expert Watch, Clock, Jewelry
.Repair
2390
W.
Broad St.
BR. 9-5733
PRECISION WORK
Any Make Watch or Clock
Factory system work guaranteed
Hilltop Jewelers
2421 W. Broad St.
BR. 4-9334
Opposite Biltmore Restaurant
38-LAWN REPAIR
Lawnmowers Sharpened
and Engine Service
W. C. BALDWIN
2217 SULLIVANT AVE.
LAWNMOWERS SHARPENED
and repaired. Mann Grinding and
Mach. BR. 9-9508. 1500 W. Broad.
CUT LAWNS, hedges, trim shrub
bery. Spading. HI. 4-7974.
LAWN MOWER sharpening and
shears, 1467 Oakwood Ave.
TRY A MACHINIST
30 YEARS EXPERIENCE
O'NEILS SHOP
Lawnmowers and saws machine
sharpened and repaired. Pick up
and delivery.
165 Midland Ave.
BR. 4-3991.
39 MISCEL SERVICES
HAULING - RUBBISH. By Week
or month. Tear down frame ga-
rages. AX. 1-2620 or AX. 1-0118.
S. E. JOLLEY
RUBBISH HAULING. BSMT
CLEANING. HI. 3-5714
RUBBISH HAULING
GASOLINE MOWER REPAIR
BR. 6-1586
WE HAUL TOP SOIL, Sand and
gravel. Reas. HI. 4-6405, days;
BE. 1-7742, nights.
LIGHT HAULING, alsO trash.
Call Steve, HI. 4-6532.
LIGHT HAULING, rubbish col
lected. K. Merrill, BR. '9-1088.
TOP SOIL - GRAVEL
JOE FAHY, BR. 9-3698
HAULING OF ALL KINDS:
REASONABLE. CA. 4-7607.
Light Hauling--Rubbish
Call after 5 p:m.
BR. 4-9818
FLOOR CLEANING
All types of floors. Clean, wax
and buff. Janitor service by job
or contract. BR. 9-9961.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Biography
What themes does it cover?
Deception
Justice
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Romulo Speech
Kiwanis Convention
Soviet Russia
Communism
Philippines
Hungary
What entities or persons were involved?
Carlos P. Romulo
Mel Dodge
General Macarthur
President Garcia
Where did it happen?
Atlantic City
Story Details
Key Persons
Carlos P. Romulo
Mel Dodge
General Macarthur
President Garcia
Location
Atlantic City
Event Date
June 23 27
Story Details
Carlos P. Romulo delivers a speech at the Kiwanis International Convention warning about Soviet Russia's communist aggression, linking events in Hungary and the Philippines where the Communist Party was outlawed, and recounting post-WWII demobilization leading to satellite states and attempted infiltration in Greece.