Eisenhower: “I now request Congress to pass a straight Soil Bank Bill as promptly as possible.”

Our unity as a nation is sustained by free communication of thought and by easy transportation of people and goods.

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

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

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