Remarks Following a Meeting With Defense Department Employees
10/04/1984
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I was privileged and will always be grateful to have had Joe Louis as my friend.
It is the strength they give their families that keeps our Nation strong.
We must be resolved that this cruel episode in our history shall not be forgotten.
Joe Louis fought his way to the top of professional boxing and into the hearts of millions of Americans.