The values of our society and the security of our homes and communities can be protected by the law.

I should be happy to have any plans of this nature that you may have brought to my personal attention.

I would like you to take the inclosed report and brochure home with you and read it carefully.

You may find it a source of ideas which can be put to use in your own Department or Agency.

The grants under this law will be modest in dollars, but will be far-reaching in results.

As a mark of respect to the memory of Adlai E. Stevenson, it is hereby ordered, pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 of Proclamation 3044 of March 1, 1954, that until interment the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff…

Maximum efficiency of Government has been a consuming interest throughout my career and particularly since I have been President.

I urge State and local governments, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, the American National Red Cross, and business, labor, and farm organizations, as well as schools, civic groups, and public information agencies to observe…

Such efficiency is no better illustrated than in the attached Annual Cost Reduction Report of the Department of Defense and the pamphlet, 'The Challenge of Change', which describes the Department's efforts to meet its responsibilities to…

It is too late to do a lot for a good many older Americans.

We shall miss him, but from his life and work we can take courage for the future.

I bid all citizens to support and promote the fire prevention and control efforts of their respective community fire departments.

So, this is our pledge to the memory of this great man who is really, as all of you here know, a true citizen of the world--a pledge to devote our energies and our talents and our resources and our wills to the cause for which he died.

The Older Americans Act will make it possible for us to move faster in these places where we have already started.

I understand that of all the persons that have reached age 65 since the dawn of civilization, 25 percent of them are alive today.

We would hope that if the North Vietnamese would cease their aggression we could immediately take steps to have the people of South Viet-Nam exercise their choice and establish a government of their choosing.

We believe, as they do, that it is urgent that a solution be found, and found promptly.

Our national honor is at stake.

His vast experience in the Federal courts, and especially in the Supreme Court, has gained Judge Marshall a reputation as one of the most distinguished advocates in the Nation.

I am very pleased to announce today that I am nominating Judge Thurgood Marshall to be Solicitor General of the United States.

We will constantly be on the alert to probe, and to be ready and willing to negotiate with the appropriate people.

I think the problem of the American Negro is one of the two or three most important problems that we must face up to with our legislation again next year.

The Government is always considering every possibility and every eventuality.

We are moving forward toward our ultimate aim of job opportunities for everyone willing and able to work.

The Federal Power Commission's 1964 National Power Survey revealed that the cost of producing, transmitting, and distributing power in New England is 28 percent above the national average.