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I don't attach any particular significance to the defeat of a Member of the House or the Senate.

The Omaha and Des Moines speeches did not change the consistent policy of this country that we have followed ever since I became President.

I am not interested in 'black power' or 'white power.' What I am concerned with is democratic power, with a small 'd.'

I think the people of this country and the peaceful people of the world would find this action very revolting and repulsive, and would react accordingly.

For the first quarter, that is, the farm income rose even higher than we had thought.

If we can stay within the budget, we would like to.

The principle it embodies is inflationary.

This promotion gives me very special pleasure, because, for once, instead of having to find a man to fill an office, we are an office that fits the man.

They are meant to keep alive the vision of a just and a dynamic country.

I should now like to read the citation:

Ours was the only Nation ever based on an idea--that all men are created equal--that every man is entitled to life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

We already know that the answers are not wealth, or weapons, or wise government.

And so it is our prayer today that God grant that your young men and ours will soon return from conflict to enjoy the peace that we seek so fervently together.

So, it is toward a goal of understanding all aspects of the sea that we commission the - Oceanographer today.

So, using science and technology, we must develop improved ways of taking food from the ocean.

And while our knowledge of the sea is quite primitive, we do know something of its great potential for the betterment of the human race and all mankind.

We know that the sea holds a great promise of transforming arid regions of the earth into new, rich, and productive farmlands.

In the past decade, our support of marine science and technology has grown from some $21 million to more than $320 million.