Mr. Prime Minister, it is to that cause of peace that our efforts are dedicated today.

Few duties of the Presidency are so gratifying as an occasion such as this when we come here to say on behalf of a grateful Nation, 'Well done' to a good and faithful servant.

The old stereotypes do not fit the new generation of American military men.

If medals could be awarded to the wives of officers and men in our services, certainly Mrs. Harkins would deserve high honors today herself.

Americans harbor a very warm affection for those of your countrymen and their dependents who have honored us through the years by coming to live in our midst as neighbors, as friends, and as leaders in American life.

We in America know that the people of Greece yield to no other peoples in the world in their devotion to freedom and independence, and in their desire to keep the peace won and maintained by such great sacrifice from free men in our times.

We are friends in freedom; we are allies in NATO for peace; we are co-workers in the common labors of progress and prosperity.

With diligence and understanding, we shall seek to chart a course that will preserve the union and harmony of free nations, militantly opposed to Communist aggression.

General Harkins has at every post and in every way personified this tradition.

So, General Harkins, on behalf of the Nation, I am very proud and quite privileged to present to you today the Second Oak Leaf Cluster for your Distinguished Service Medal.

The Prime Minister and the President also considered ways in which their countries could strengthen the efforts of the United Nations with respect to the safety and security of the communities on Cyprus.

It is tragic that we have tended to neglect these areas amid the rush of metropolitan growth.

It cannot come without education or without leadership, or without patience and perseverance.

If we don't act promptly, and we don't act prudently and progressively, we will face a real crisis in the quality of American life.

We must clean up our air, clean up our rivers, clean up our streams, and open up the land for our people if we are to preserve the heritage and the healthiness of our American life.

I should like to repeat again that our purpose is peace.

War is obsolete, obsolete because there can be no winner.

No nation anywhere at any time has had to face the multitude or magnitude of unprecedented problems that we must meet and master in maintaining the quality of life in metropolitan America.