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

Nearly 2 years ago my wife and I visited Bogota, Colombia, where a vast new Alliance for Progress housing project was just getting under way.

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.

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.

We appreciate the stamps, and if you will write me, I'll collect some more from all your countries.

I hope that we will define handicapped so that we do make a major effort on all those who are handicapped.

I hope private industry and labor will also realize that those who are handicapped frequently are more than compensated by their desire to be useful and to play a gainful role.

So the central responsibility, of course, is to try to develop a climate in this country where there is as close to full employment as we can get it, and then to give particular attention to those who are handicapped.

We also have a program here for those whom we regard as mentally restored, those who pass through a difficult period but who are now fully capable of carrying their burden.