In a world of power politics, U.S. foreign policy must depend in the end upon the nation's military might jor its credibility and influence. To clear the air of any confusion about the strength of the nation's armed forces and its will to use them, Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell L. Gilpatric last week issued the Administration's sternest warning yet to Russia about the danger of starting a war, however big or small. Significantly, the speech was approved by both the Department of State and President John F. Kennedy. Excerpts of Gilpatric's address, given to a meeting of the Business Council...
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