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.
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
The continued support of our people through united community campaigns will assure that it will go forward.
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
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 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 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
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 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…
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