AS I STATED on August 17, on the fourth anniversary of the Alliance for Progress, our vital alliance is perhaps the greatest adventure that this hemisphere has embarked upon since Columbus reached our shore five centuries ago.
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In the coming months, I am going to do everything within my power to try to bring that about and to make that possible.
I plan to leave here after the press conference this morning to go to Kansas City to meet with President Truman later in the day.
We have a big job to do in the months ahead and with your help, we are going to do it.
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