It has dropped from 7 million to 3.7 million, the lowest in 10 years.
So we have revised our manpower program that was training only 75,000 a year in 1963 and is now training over 1 million a year.
I believe the American people--who know war's cost in lives and fortune--endorse the investment for peace they have made in their program of...
One of the clearest lessons of modern times is the destructive power of man's oldest enemies.
They are the shots that did not sound, the blood that did not spill, the treasure that did not have to be spent to stamp out spreading flame...
In the barrios and the rice fields of the developing world they have helped to improve the conditions of life and expand the margin of hope ...
But the fundamental challenge still remains.
These are victories not of war--but over wars that did not start.
The dividends from that investment are lives saved and schools opened and hunger relieved.
The forces of human need still stalk this globe.
These are tragedies which summon our compassion.