Eisenhower: “I transmit herewith the second semi-annual report of the President on the activities carried on under Public Law 480…”

For over six decades we have worked together to create and maintain strong democratic institutions.

I assure you that our obligation to you is deep and lasting.

I feel now it would be futile for me to attempt anything else in the way of words.

Leadership is not proved by a mere whirling across the public stage in a burst of glib oratory.