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perhaps hatred is inevitable in this world of ours and that peace is an imprac 
tical dream. 
Sometimes we become so preoccupied with what is going on behind the 
Iron Curtain that we do not take time to see and understand what is happening 
in the rest of the world. 
But the facts are plain for those who wish to see. The free world is 
drawing closer together. Outside the Soviet Bloc of nations, there is today a 
greater measure of genuine brotherhood than ever before in history, a closer 
community of interest, a more universal understanding, and a greater concern 
for the welfare of the individual man and woman than has ever existed before. 
Of course there is tension. Almost anywhere you look in the free world 
— and particularly in those nations that we call underdeveloped — you will 
see people who are restless and who are struggling for one goal or another. 
There is a generous inheritance of suspicion in the world today, carried over 
from the evils of the past and still being bred by evils of the present. 
But more significant than this is the fact that people and nations are work 
ing together in the common interest on many fronts and in many useful and 
productive ways. 
The greatest hope for the peace and stability of the world in future years 
lies in the vigorous efforts of all nations to eliminate economic injustices, hun 
ger, disease, ignorance, and the conditions that breed poverty and discontent. 
The United Nations and its specialized agencies — such as the Food and 
Agriculture Organization, the World Fiealth Organization, UNESCO, and the 
others — are bringing the technical knowledge of many nations to bear on 
these problems. The underdeveloped nations of the world — those nations 
where progress has not kept pace with the more highly industrialized regions 
— are striving to make up for the years that they have lost. They are seeking 
to develop their resources for the benefit of their own people, they are striving 
to improve the conditions and the opportunities of their citizens, they are 
determined to strengthen economic as well as political independence. 
These people today have strong support in their efforts. Not only is the 
United Nations helping provide technical assistance as it is needed, but a num 
ber of countries are extending their support directly, through bilateral pro 
grams. Various international lending agencies, such as our United States Export- 
Import Bank and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
are helping finance roads, schools, power development, ports, industrial plants, 
and other activities which provide greater wealth and opportunity. 
Private foundations and voluntary organizations of many kinds are giving 
technical and financial assistance to individual development activities. 
International professional societies such as yours are providing nerve and 
sinew to help hold the free world together in a stronger bond of friendship and 
common endeavor. Professional societies provide a democratic forum for the 
free exchange of technical information — and that is absolutely essential if we 
are ever to attain the kind of international community we are seeking. 
Through the Point 4 Program, the United States is cooperating directly 
with the governments and people of 35 countries, helping them in their own 
efforts to help themselves. 
We call these countries underdeveloped because they have resources they 
are not using as fully as they might-resources which their people could employ 
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