Address at the American Legion Convention.
08/29/1954
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I would say this: it should not be an issue.
The human spirit that must be free is the thing that brings 213 nationalities finally into one single nation.
I know that you share with me the hope that more such steps to expand State responsibility will be taken in the future.
You are representing America, and you are not doing it in the style that is described in very exaggerated fashion in 'Th...