For Cologne is not only an ancient German city, it is also an ancient European city, a city which, since Roman times, has played a special role in preserving Western culture, and Western religion, and Western civilization.

I am grateful for your invitation and I am happy to be here.

We will keep this free world free until the day comes, as Thomas Jefferson predicted it would, that the disease of liberty, which is catching, spreads throughout the world.

I want to express my thanks to you for your generous welcome to us all.

Western Europe is no longer the seedbed of world war, but an instrument of unity and an example of reconciliation.

But I am certain that no one has made that complaint here about the Adenauers in the City of Cologne.

Our unity was forged in a time of danger; it must be maintained in a time of peace.

We are allies in the only war we seek--the war against poverty, hunger, disease, and ignorance in our own countries, and around the world.

May I greet you with the old Rhenish saying, 'Koelle Alaaf.'

In this respect, he is true to the saying that the young student in Cologne would go to Paris to learn about life, to Holland to learn to count, and to Great Britain to become a tradesman.

It is in this spirit that I come to Cologne to see the best of the past, and the most promising of the future.

They regard it as a privilege to play their part in these great days.

Your fellow citizen, Chancellor Adenauer, has fulfilled these obligations as a citizen of the West in full measure.

Here in Western Germany you have achieved a solid framework of freedom, a miracle of economic recovery, and an opportunity to express your political ideals through action in Europe and through the world.

There are 1 million Americans serving outside the frontiers of the United States.

My stay in this country will be all too brief, but in a larger sense the United States is here on this continent to stay.

The Committee may, by rule, regulation, or order, exempt all or part of any program of an administering agency from the requirements of this order when it deems that special circumstances in the national interest so require.

The timeliness of your report is, of course, obvious, and I hope you will convey to the other members of the Committee my appreciation for the constructive report that has been prepared.

The contractor will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin.

We have come a long way in the 15 years since President Truman ordered the desegregation of the Armed Forces.

During the performance of this contract, the contractor agrees as follows: ‘(1) The contractor will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, or national origin.

I realize that I am asking the military community to take a leadership role, but I believe that this is proper.

It is an essential step in Government-wide planning.

The importance of coordination is implicit in the size of the Federal expenditure for resources research and development as assessed in the report.

It is encouraging to note that the continuing effort over the last fifteen years to provide equality of treatment and opportunity for all military personnel on base is obviously having far-reaching and satisfactory results.