1953 - President Eisenhower: Peace Challenge, Ike Aims Speech At New Moscow Regime. 16Apr53

1953 - President Eisenhower: Peace Challenge, Ike Aims Speech At New Moscow Regime. 16Apr53 19:23:57 LS over applauding guests to front w/ Ike on dias of American Society of Newspaper Editors. MS. 19:24:16 MCU Ike SOF: In this Spring of 1953 the free world weighs one question above all others: the chances for a just peace for all peoples. 19:24:29 The first great step along this way must be the conclusion of an honorable armistice in Korea. This means the immediate cessation of hostilities & the prompt initiation of political discussions leading to the holding of free elections in a united Korea. (applause) 12:24:53 As progress in all these areas strengthens world trust, we could proceed concurrently w/ the next great work - the reduction of the burden of armaments now weighing upon the world. 12:25:07 The peace we seek, founded upon a decent trust & cooperative effort among nations, can be fortified, not by weapons of war but by wheat & by cotton, by milk & by wool, by meat & by timber and by rice. These are words that translate into every language on earth. These are needs that challenge this world in arms. Thank you. (applause) Cross of Iron Speech excerpts; Anti-Communism; Cold War; Anti-War; Politics; Korean War;