I had wondered what I would do when I retired from the Presidency, whenever that time might come, but Dr. Sockman was the first man to suggest work as challenging as the Presidency in becoming chairman of the Protestant Council's annual dinner, and I am very grateful to him.

The United States is not in the position which England was when Benjamin Disraeli described it as: two nations divided, the rich and the poor.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much.

But there are other troubles besetting the human family. Many of its members live in poverty and misery and despair.

The rich must help the poor. The industrialized nations must help the developing nations.

Contrary to repeated warnings, prophecies, and expressions of hope, in the 17 years since the Marshall plan began, I know of no single officeholder who was ever defeated because he supported this program, and the burden is less today than ever before.

I hope this kind of intimate association, cooperation for the benefit of all of our people, may be extended to other fields.

Never has there been any question in my mind, President Eisenhower said recently, as to the necessity of a program of economic and military aid to keep the free nations of the world from being overrun by the Communists.

You are very welcome here.

I know that I speak for all Americans in asking you to extend our sympathy to the families and friends of those men who lost their lives in this tragic accident.

The Family of Man can survive differences of race and religion. Contrary to the assertions of Mr. Khrushchev, it can accept differences of ideology, politics, and economics.