PRINTER'S NO. 2257
No. 102 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY SIEMINSKI, E. H. SMITH, DeMEDIO, FARGO, FLECK,
JOHNSON, JACKSON, TELEK, RASCO, CAWLEY, GRAY, COCHRAN AND
GRUPPO, OCTOBER 5, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS,
OCTOBER 5, 1981
In the House of Representatives, October 5, 1981
1 Russia has exploited United States peace initiatives to build
2 up its strategic and conventional warfare capabilities. This has
3 given it the means to support increasingly bolder worldwide
4 aggression.
5 There is basis for concern that the Soviets may next use its
6 forces in Pakistan, Iran and Yugoslavia.
7 The Soviet Union has demonstrated an unwillingness to live by
8 international law.
9 The United States is the one world power that can stop Soviet
10 expansionism; therefore be it
11 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly:
12 (a) Memorialize Congress to adopt a National Strategy of
13 Peace Through Strength, the general principles of which would
14 be:
15 (1) to inspire, focus and unite the national will and
16 determination to achieve this goal of peace through freedom;
1 (2) to achieve overall military and technological
2 superiority over Russia;
3 (3) to create a strategic defense and a civil defense which
4 would protect United States citizens against nuclear war at
5 least as well as the Soviets defend their citizens;
6 (4) to accept no arms control agreement which in any way
7 jeopardizes the security of the United States or its allies, or
8 locks the United States into a position of military inferiority;
9 (5) to reestablish effective security and intelligence
10 capabilities;
11 (6) to pursue positive nonmilitary means to roll back the
12 growth of communism;
13 (7) to help our allies and other noncommunist countries
14 defend themselves against communist aggression; and
15 (8) to maintain a strong economy and protect our overseas
16 sources of energy and other vital raw materials.
17 (b) Acknowledges that it will take the combined efforts of
18 hundreds of organizations to achieve the adoption of a National
19 Strategy of Peace Through Strength.
20 (c) Will join the Coalition for Peace Through Strength to
21 work with other organizations and entities for the adoption of a
22 National Strategy of Peace Through Strength, except that this
23 General Assembly reserves to itself the right to make its own
24 decisions as to how the principles shall be applied on
25 individual issues; and be it further
26 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to the
27 presiding officers of the United States Congress and to each
28 Senator and Representative from Pennsylvania.
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