I am pleased to note, and I am sure you are too, that we have moved along quite a distance on the road which we set out to travel.

Bon voyage, gentlemen.

I am very pleased that the Indian tribes as well as citizens interested in Indian welfare have fully recognized the benefits which Indian reservation areas can obtain from these programs.

The mere enactment of a new law, the mere initiation of a new program does not of itself bring about all desired results.

It has proved, perhaps, somewhat more difficult to split the atom politically than it has been to split it scientifically.

These are very difficult years.

I have sent a message to the Congress, asking for favorable action on these proposals at an early date.

Chicago is blessed to have such men at its helm.

This is an extraordinary airport in an extraordinary city, in an extraordinary country, and it is a tribute to the constructive action of the Federal Government, the State government, and the city government, under the distinguished…

And when that happens, we want the United States to be in the lead, as it has been in the lead in jet transportation since the jet was invented.

All of this traffic in and out of Chicago proves, as it has since the beginning of this country, that Chicago occupies a most important and vital strategic area in the United States, where all the lines of communication cross.