Peace for the world is the primary goal of the American people and the administration.

The Power Authority of the State of New York is hereby declared to be the designee of the Government of the United States of America for the construction of the works referred to in the Order of Approval of the International Joint…

The Secretary of the Army and the Chairman of the Federal Power Commission are hereby designated members.

I have lost skirmishes before.

I must pin my faith to this: I believe in the commonsense of the American people when they are informed.

The United States Section shall submit its final report to the President upon the completion of construction and shall submit such Interim reports as may appear to be desirable.

My own opinion is that the kind of change the people wanted is an orderly and progressive change, not just any other kind, that they are going to get it, and are getting it.

I believe that any administration coming in has to move as rapidly as is feasible and practicable to get policy-making positions and the very highest administrative positions properly filled by people who believe in the general policies…

I will say this: I believe that the American people do want, and properly want, honesty and integrity in every single dealing of their Government and all the people that have to do with it.

It is my intention that this Government continue to take all appropriate steps to see to it that Communist violations of the inalienable rights of man under God do not go unopposed, and that they are effectively exposed in every forum.

The arrest and internment of Cardinal Wyszynski is profoundly discouraging to those of us who look for signs of Communist willingness to respect basic human rights of freedom of thought and conscience.

Its purpose is to understand, if possible, the problems of every special group in this country, but never to use the resources of this country to favor any group at the expense of others.

So again, as I bid you welcome, I also express this tremendous gratification that you are here for your Congress, this assembly.

I cannot tell you how much satisfaction it gives to me to know that intelligent Americans are meeting together, whose interests are as broad as this land, whose vision must be projected forward not merely till tomorrow--or possibly an…

Of all the phases of our heritage that we have received--all of these God-given resources and privileges we enjoy--the one that I believe every true American wants to pass on without any destruction, is that right of the individual to his…

So you can understand, of course, the kind of interest we have in soil and water conservation.

I have frequently talked about minimum wages to various people, but no recommendation has ever reached me of that kind.

In this time, when all the world is divided by virtue of a struggle between those who believe in the essential dignity of man as a creature created in the image of his God, and those who contend that man is nothing but a pawn, a creature…