The common purpose to eliminate war and the determination to achieve peace and security represent a major contribution of the Americas to modern civilization.

The American Republics are today rapidly approaching the time when every major difference existing between them will be settled by the orderly processes of conciliation and arbitration.

The progress of the race within this period has surpassed the most sanguine hopes of the most ardent advocates.

I CONSIDER IT a great privilege to take even a small part in this celebration of the 50th anniversary of Tuskegee Institute.

The greatest single factor in the progress of the Negro race has been the schools, private and public.

It is of the greatest importance that the people of the United States become better acquainted with the history, the traditions, the culture, and the ideals of the other Republics of America.

This spirit of mutual helpfulness is the cornerstone of true Pan Americanism.

No group of people in history ever started from a more complete economic and cultural destitution.

Pan American Day will become an outward symbol of the constantly strengthening unity of purpose and unity of ideals of the Republics of this hemisphere.

We have still many problems to solve in this matter and no section of our country is without its responsibility or without room for progress and improvement.

Tuskegee has thus made a notable contribution not only to the day-to-day training of the members of its race for their part in the life of the Nation, but its leaders have made a higher contribution to the adjustment of interracial…

I cordially congratulate you, gentlemen of the Governing Board, on your happy initiative in establishing Pan American Day and, at the same time, I send a message of fraternal greeting, in the name of the people of the United States, to all…

The Nation owes a debt of gratitude to the wisdom and constructive vision of Booker T. Washington, the founder of Tuskegee.

A peculiarly heavy responsibility rests upon the nations of the Western Hemisphere; a responsibility which, at the same time, is a high privilege.

These public and private schools, particularly under the leadership of Tuskegee and other universities and colleges, have been the most effective agents in solving the problems created by the admission to citizenship of 4 million ex-slaves…

There can be no solution either in the communities or government that is not based upon sympathetic understanding and absolute justice.

The whole recreational movement is one not only vital to public health but it is vital to public welfare.

A voluntary deed by a man impressed with the sense of responsibility and brotherhood of man is infinitely more precious to our national ideals and national spirit than a thousandfold poured from the Treasury of the Government under the…