The Chairman of the Government Patents Board is hereby authorized to transfer to the Department of Commerce any or all of the records heretofore prepared by the Board pursuant to paragraph 2 (b) of Executive Order No. 10096.

Paragraph 2 (b) of Executive Order No. 10096 of January 23, 1950, relating to the indexing of inventions owned or controlled by the United States, be, and it is hereby, revoked.

I wish to express to the people of Austria and to you personally my profound sympathy and that of the people of the United States at the death of President Koerner.

There is general recognition in the Middle East, as elsewhere, that the United States does not seek either political or economic domination over any other people.

Our desire is a world environment of freedom, not servitude.

We shall have heartened the patriots who are dedicated to the independence of their nations.

If the Middle East is to continue its geographic role of uniting rather than separating East and West; if its vast economic resources are to serve the well-being of the peoples there, as well as that of others; and if its cultures and…

It would be intolerable if the holy places of the Middle East should be subjected to a rule that glorifies atheistic materialism.

Never for a moment has the United States entertained such a thought.

Today we have security treaties with 42 other nations which recognize that our peace and security are intertwined.

My own personal sense of loss is eased by the knowledge that you will be available to help us from time to time in the days ahead.

And you have done so in a manner which demonstrates that economics and equity can be allies and not antagonists.