Forest Hills High School - Forester Yearbook (Forest Hills, NY)

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L JUNE 1949 STFPHEN FR ANKFN KENNETI I IN IEIFRDIERCKS HELEN CRAYSON HAROLD .IUNG ANGELA LAGUARDIA

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iwiarch 21, 1949 DEAR FRIENDS: Your "Forester" staff has indicated to me that this issue will relate to the role of youth in huiiding for worid peace. Flay I congratulate your editorial staff upon its presentation of the subject to your thoughtful consideration. in your classrooms and discussion forums you have given serious study to the structure and operations of the United Nations as the hope of all mankind in striving towards this goal. We still have faith that through the united action of all nations for peace our aspirations may he achieved. And yet, We know the disillu- sionment that so many of our observers in Europe report at the present time. it is their common opinion that, despite our Marshall Plan efforts, Europe suffers from a two-fold sickness -- economic dislocation and the threat of Russian communism. With the economic vitais torn out of Germany and tariff walls restricting the free How of goods from one place to another, Western Europe finds the task of recon- struction almost insurmountable. The threat of Russian aggression and the use of Hilifth coiumnn activities to paraiyze recovery efforts have reduced the morale of Western Europe to a low state. Our State Department has supported and effected the signing of the North Atlantic Pact to help cure Western Europe of its iiiness. You are the youth of a great nation committed to the preservation of democracy in government- government founded upon the doctrine of human freedom and rights. As a preparation for your study of worid peace, may you steep yourselves in the poiiticai philosophy of our founding fathers. For, if ever we are to reaiize peace in our time, it must he a peace based upon those spiritual values that are the roots of our Western civilization. Principal

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me lCafl0l'l We today go forth to build a new tomorrow. We go lorth in the hope ol creating a lasting peace in this era ol confusion and bitterness: with faith and enthusiasm we direct our ideas toward a uniliied plan in the knowledge that we can rebuild a world. The four freedoms, the ap- preciation ol lair play, and the recognition ol the destruc- tiveness oi war: these become our implements lor forging the peace. We disavow the loose word, the unwarranted aggression of peoples and of nations, the prejudiced act, and the easy recourse to force. By joining our young neigh- bors we can meet these obstacles and conquer them with understanding and tolerance. The future tranquillity of nations depends on a united youth: it is to this loelief that our yearlnoolc is dedicated.