New obligational authority has been reduced 15.5 billion dollars and estimated expenditures have been reduced 12.3 billion dollars since this administration took office.

This order shall become effective at the close of business on December 31, 1953.

The health of our people is the very essence of our vitality, our strength and our progress as a nation.

The purification of drinking water and the pasteurization of milk have prevented countless epidemics and saved thousands of lives.

I recommend the establishment of a limited Federal reinsurance service to encourage private and non-profit health insurance organizations to offer broader health protection to more families.

Among the concerns of our government for the human problems of our citizens, the subject of health ranks high.

We are determined to do everything we can to put into effect sound principles of management in the conduct of the affairs of government.

This illustrates the seriousness of the problem of medical costs.

The nation is faced with basic issues that must be resolved in every one of the areas that you have selected for study.

The country is to be congratulated that you have once again been willing to undertake leadership in this work.

The best way for most of our people to provide themselves the resources to obtain good medical care is to participate in voluntary health insurance plans.

To help individuals provide for that security--to reduce both the fear and the incidence of destitution to the minimum--to promote the confidence of every individual in the future--these are proper aims of all levels of government…