Eisenhower

And I want to pledge, here and now, that this kind of effort will have the support of the Federal Government as long as I am connected with it.

Lincoln said this better than anybody else.

Certainly it is that whatever we help to do engages our attention and our interest more deeply than those things that seem to us to be free and to come without effort.

It is because our citizens have taken direct responsibility for their schools and colleges that, through the years, American education has flourished.

I deeply believe that the primary responsibility for meeting these problems must lie with the States and local communities, and that the Federal Government should strengthen and not interfere with State administration of education.

In my judgment, we have in this program a great opportunity to meet the needs of education in our country.

I am convinced that the people of the United States will develop programs of effective action.

And in so doing, it is my high privilege to dedicate this facility of the Bureau of Standards to the welfare of humanity--in America and throughout the world.

But here, inside this building, we have a frontier possibly of even greater romantic value as well as greater material value to us than were some of the discoveries of those days.

It is not the fault of science if it is used wickedly.

The second is that I am privileged to push a button--and of course, this being a scientific thing, you couldn't do it by just pulling a cord--this is very scientifically done, this dedication.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1753 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 U.S.C. 631), and by the Civil Service Act of January 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403), and as President of the United States, it is ordered as…

Now, Therefore, I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America, do call upon the people of our Nation to observe the week beginning October 3, 1954, as National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week, and to cooperate…

Each agency shall establish and maintain a separate Official Personnel Folder for each of its employees who is employed under the Civil Service Rules and Regulations.

The Commission is hereby authorized to prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with this order, governing the establishment, content, maintenance, and transfer among agencies, of the Official Personnel Folders relating to any employees to…

Records similar to those specified in paragraph 2 hereof with respect to employees outside the competitive service shall be kept in Official Personnel Folders by all departments and independent establishments of the executive branch of the…

I WISH TO EXPRESS to you in the name of the Government and the people of the United States our profound sympathy for the tragic loss of life and destruction suffered as a result of the earthquake that struck Algeria.

Your Imperial Majesty: Your Imperial Majesty's message of sympathy concerning the tragic loss of life and property which a hurricane recently inflicted on the northeastern coast of the United States has touched me deeply.

I appreciate your message and the spirit which inspired it.

I wish to take this occasion to assure you again of my admiration for the way you have led your nation through the difficulties of the past few years to the present point where a future full of opportunity is opening before you and your…

It is imperative that we continue to coordinate United States programs affecting other nations.

The functions conferred upon the President by Title II of the Act are hereby delegated to the Director of the Foreign Operations Administration.

The world supply and demand situation in agricultural products requires in the interest of the general welfare, an orderly and gradual liquidation of our surpluses.

I shall look to the Chairman to advise me concerning policy issues which arise.

I shall expect the Secretary of Agriculture to utilize to the maximum extent practicable the facilities, services and experience of the Foreign Operations Administration.