Apr 25, 1955
The continued support of our people through united community campaigns will assure that it will go forward.
Eisenhower
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Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. A member of the Republican Party, he was born in Kansas and rose to prominence as a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II. Eisenhower served as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe, overseeing the successful D-Day invasion and the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control.
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Apr 25, 1955
I have accepted the honorary chairmanship of the USO because I know what a great contribution it has made, and is still making, to the well-being of the men and women who serve in our Armed Forces.
Apr 25, 1955
No matter what part of the country a serviceman comes from, no matter what his race or religion, he wants to feel confident that what he is doing is important to other human beings, and that they are grateful for it.
Apr 25, 1955
The USO means to the men and women in the Armed Services that they have a host of friends in the homes of America.
Apr 21, 1955
The Foundation displayed remarkable faith in sponsoring and determination in fostering their valiant effort for the health of all mankind.
Apr 21, 1955
Without the support and encouragement of the Foundation, the work of Dr. Jonas E. Salk and of many others who contributed to the development of a preventive vaccine could not have gone forward so rapidly.
Apr 21, 1955
The American people recognize a debt of gratitude to the Foundation and to its founder, the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose personal courage in overcoming the handicap of poliomyelitis stands as a symbol of the fight against…
Apr 21, 1955
The total of the amounts of the shares for the three daily meals shall not exceed the amount of the basic daily allowance for subsistence authorized by section 301 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, as heretofore or hereafter amended.
Apr 21, 1955
And there, of course, remains the great problem of rapid production, distribution on the fairest possible basis, and to that problem as Secretary Hobby has said, you and many others are working and contributing to carry the thing forward…
Apr 19, 1955
The necessary expenditures to equip and maintain United States armed forces of air and land and sea at strategic points beyond our borders are never called aid.
Apr 16, 1955
It also was stated that related Mutual Security operations should be brought together in a single organization under a single management.
Apr 16, 1955
I am instructing the Director of the Bureau of the Budget and my Advisory Committee on Government Organization, in connection with their general responsibilities for advising me on Executive Branch organization, to give close attention to…
Apr 16, 1955
No major reorganization of this character can be accomplished quickly and to attempt to do so could jeopardize the implementation of existing programs which are so important to our relations with other nations.
Apr 13, 1955
I believe the national interest requires that we join with other countries of the free world in dealing with our trade problems on a cooperative basis.
Apr 13, 1955
We would demonstrate our desire to deal with matters of trade in the same cooperative way we do with military matters in such regional pacts as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and with financial matters in the International…
Apr 13, 1955
As a member of this Organization we could work more effectively for the removal of discriminatory restrictions against our exports.
Apr 11, 1955
You are given that most priceless of opportunities: to work directly and specifically for the welfare of the United States of America, and there is no greater honor that is achievable by any American.
Apr 11, 1955
You must try to understand the heart of America and how to translate that heart to other peoples.
Apr 11, 1955
And I know that in this institution just as in all others, we have our devoted educators trying to get over to all of their students that thought: let us strive to understand--understand each other, and our Nation to understand others, and…
Apr 10, 1955
I hope that everything will work out so that you can all stay together and have a wonderful time.
Apr 10, 1955
I came out to welcome you to the White House grounds, to congratulate you on the weather you are having for the egg-rolling, and to hope that every youngster here has a wonderful time, and nobody gets lost.
Apr 4, 1955
I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America, do hereby urge the citizens of this Nation to observe Monday, October 24, 1955, as United Nations Day by means of community programs that will demonstrate their faith in…
Mar 31, 1955
In the near future I shall transmit to the Congress the necessary budget request to carry out this program, and I trust that the Congress will give this proposal for accelerated completion of the Inter-American Highway its most favorable…
Mar 30, 1955
I do hereby proclaim Thursday, April 14, 1955, as Pan American Day, and the period from April 10 to April 16, 1955, as Pan American Week
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