Eisenhower

I would like to express the deepest sympathy of the American people to the people of Haiti at this time when reports have been received of a disastrous hurricane which has passed over the western part of your country.

I send heartfelt wishes for the safety of the Haitian people and Your Excellency's own welfare.

I am informed that Ambassador Davis has already arranged for assistance from the United States Armed Forces to survey the damaged area and lend all possible help.

I thoroughly believe that the participation in athletics is one of the greatest influences in the development of our youth; and I thoroughly believe in the Olympics as one of the means and methods by which some understanding of fair play…

So, to you, good luck, and especially good luck in getting all the support from our people, not only athletic-wise but financial-wise, to make the games a huge success.

I believe in what you are doing.

In doing so, I want to give my word of commendation to you people who are doing so much to promote the success of the American Olympic Team, and the Olympic games in general.

Good luck to you, and to your team.

I find and declare that the imposition of the import fees hereinafter proclaimed is shown by such investigation of the Commission to be necessary in order that the entry of almonds and filberts described in the fifth recital of this…

Toward this end, I am designating the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs as Chairman of a Veterans Day National Committee, which shall include such other persons as the Chairman may select, and which will coordinate at the national level…

In 20 months, this Administration and the Republican-led Congress cut our government's costs by 11 billion dollars.

In view of your great personal interest as well as your official responsibilities, I have designated you to serve as Chairman.

It is my earnest hope that all veterans, their organizations, and the entire citizenry will join hands to insure proper and widespread observance of this day.

The legitimate business of government is to do for a people or a community those things which they cannot do at all for themselves, or cannot so well do in their separate capacities; but in all those things that people can do for…

For the first time in twenty years, there is no active battlefield anywhere in the world.

Now, Therefore, I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon all of our citizens to observe Thursday, November 11, 1954, as Veterans Day.

Taxes were cut by 7 billion 400 million dollars--the largest tax cut in the history of this nation.

I have every confidence that our Nation will respond wholeheartedly in the appropriate observance of Veterans Day, 1954.

I am also requesting the heads of all departments and agencies of the Executive branch of the Government to assist the National Committee in every way possible.

That goal is not political power for its own sake, but to advance the good of 163 million Americans.

In order to insure proper and widespread observance of this anniversary, all veterans, all veterans' organizations, and the entire citizenry will wish to join hands in the common purpose.

On that day let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom, and let us reconsecrate ourselves to the task of promoting an…

I have today signed a proclamation calling upon all of our citizens to observe Thursday, November 11, 1954 as Veterans Day.

We agree, I am sure, that this fine example of the ability of neighbor nations amicably to settle extremely difficult questions will be highly reassuring to our own peoples and those of friendly nations throughout the world.

Permit me on behalf of the American people personally to extend my warm congratulations to you and to the other members of your government at the achievement of an agreement on the Trieste problem.