International politics

FRANCIS BACON once spoke of Science as the "endless frontier." Today, the peoples of this country and other free nations are being increasingly im pressed with the fact that international politics is a realm of endless frontier. Problems of vast complexity, some filled with the portent of great dangers, arise in seemingly endless succession, and in some instances defy solution. Directly and materially the effects of the contemporary international scene come home to touch the life of every citizen. They affect our tax burdens. They place a large proportion of our young manhood in the armed forces. And our very security depends upon the outcome of the conflicts among the ideological systems contending for the mind of man and the struggles among powers armed with nuclear weapons.

In a democracy such as ours, with its extensive privileges of citizen partici pation in the conduct of public affairs, a large responsibility rests upon all to be informed of the interests, the objectives, and the course of events affecting our nation. The policies and actions of the government must accord in the long run with the will and the wish of the citizenry as a whole.