There Is No Security On This Earth;

Worry, Doubt, Fear And Despair Are The Enemies Which Slowly Bring Us Down To The Ground And Turn Us To Dust Before We Die.

I Came Out Of Bataan And I Shall Return!

The Puerto Ricans Forming The Ranks Of The Gallant 65th Infantry On The Battlefields Of Korea … Are Writing A Brilliant Record Of Achievement In Battle And I Am Proud Indeed To Have Them In This Command. I Wish That We Might Have Many More Like Them.

It Seems Strangely Difficult For Some To Realize That Here In Asia Is Where The Communist Conspirators Have Elected To Make Their Play For Global Conquest, And That We Have Joined The Issue Thus Raised On The Battlefield; That Here We Fight Europe's War With Arms While The Diplomats There Still Fight It With Words; That If We Lose The War To Communism In Asia The Fall Of Europe Is Inevitable, Win It And Europe Most Probably Would Avoid War And Yet Preserve Freedom. As You Pointed Out, We Must Win. There Is No Substitute For Victory.

In This Situation, It Becomes Vital That Our Own Country Orient Its Policies In Consonance With This Basic Evolutionary Condition Rather Than Pursue A Course Blind To The Reality That The Colonial Era Is Now Past And The Asian Peoples Covet The Right To Shape Their Own Free Destiny. What They Seek Now Is Friendly Guidance, Understanding, And Support - Not Imperious Direction - The Dignity Of Equality And Not The Shame Of Subjugation.