Inaugural Address.
01/19/1949
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Education is our first line of defense.
Education has been defined as a bulwark against the acids of fascism and communism.
To this end, I recommended unification of the armed forces to the Congress in December, 1945.
I am convinced that only through making steady progress toward this goal can we be assured of serving our major objectives, the most effecti...