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PLAIN TRUTH
April-May, 1970
$932
BILLION
TOTAL G00DS ANO
SERVICES PRODUC::ED 1969
$655
BILLION
Bose<f o n pr•limlnory estimates by U. S. O.portment of Commerc•. McGrow--Hilt
Oeportment of Economics. ond New York Times. Encyclo.,.dlc Altnonac.
INCLUDING,
USSR
RED CHINA
E. GERMANY
N. KOREA
N .
VIETNAM
CUBA
MONGOLIA
E. EUROPEAN
SATElliTE
NATIONS
$427
BILLION
INCLUDING ,
W. GERMANY
FRANCE
ITALY
BElGIUM
NETHERLANDS
lUXEMBOURG
$175
BILLION
$93
BILLION
UNITED
STATES
COMMUNIST
BLOC
COMMON
MARKET
JAPAN
UNITED
KINGDOM
and military power to ti1War\ the Com–
munist designs of Russia's Stalin (and
later, of Communist China's leaders)!
Only the United States could prevent
Communism from sweeping around the
world. The U. S. and Great Britain had
fought desperately against Hitler and hi s
cohorts - "to make the world safe for
democracy." Presumably Stalin and the
Russians had fought just as fiercely
against Hitler to make the world safe
for Communism.
The Western nations believed the
democratic way of life ( with its free
enterprise system) was far superior to
the Soviet brand of Socialism or Com–
munism. The Russians felt just as
deeply that the Sociatist or Communistic
way of life was the superior way -
"the wave of the future."
These two ways of life - these two
systems - were diametrically opposed
to each otber. There could be no real
agreement, no harmony between them.
These two opposing systems soon
became locked in deadly economic,
política! and ideological battle - each
striving to avoid a direct military
confrontation.
America Alone H ad A-bomb
The Communists accuse the U. S. of
trying to domínate the world. Had
Arnerica wanted, she could undoubtedly
have become the undisputed master of
the world in the wake of World War
II.
Soviet Russia had been hurt so badly
by Germany in the war, that she did not
have a strong enough economy to even
begin
to challenge U. S. leadership in
the world.
And, furthermore, it was the U. S. -
not Soviet Russia - who was possessor
of nuclear weapons at that time. The
Soviet Union would not have stood an
earthly chance against the industrial and
military might of America - had the
U. S. really wanted to knock Commu–
nism out with her nuclear muscle while
the USSR was without the A-bomb.
But, of course, America didn't want
to
mle
the world. She merely wantcd to
see all the world at peace and economi–
cally able to trade with her.
America's history shows that the U. S.
has tried to preserve the balance of
power in the world. For generations the
Anglo-Saxon nations bave stood aga inst
every foe who has dared to raise his
ugly head, and have hitherto defeated
their enemies.
As long as the Anglo-Saxon power
combine (the U. S. and Great Britain)
stood nrmly together, no nation on the
face of this earth, nor any combination
of nations, could overpower them. That
is how powerful America and Britain
have been. And the whole world knew
we were powerful.
By contrast, it is the avowed aim of
the Communists to overthrow capitalism
and take control of any nation or ter–
ritory whenever possible.
It
is also true
that Communism has never taken deep,
firm root in any modero, prosperous
nation.
It
has never been able to com–
pete with a free society.
The Communist parties of Italy and
France obtained their footing shortly
after World War II, when those nations
were in poverty and misery. As the stan–
dard of living has risen in France and
Italy, the power of Communism has
waned. Communisrn always loses its
appeal in those countries wherc a well–
ordered, prosperous society prevai ls.
Realizing this important fact, the
U. S. pumped nearly
fift)'
billion doi–
Jan
into a prostrate Europe where
nearly two hundred million Europeans
were living at or near starvation leve! at
the close of World War II.
Jf
Europe
had not been helped back on its eco–
nomic feet - and quickly - the Com–
munist boot would have becomc firmly
planted in Western Europe.
America pumped that seemingly
never-ending supply of U.S. dollars (in