
Based on its study, the Commission shall make recommendations concerning such matters as methods of classification and selection of registrants
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Based on its study, the Commission shall make recommendations concerning such matters as methods of classification and selection of registrants

The Commission shall consider the past, present and prospective functioning of selective service

WHEREAS since the days of the militia it has been the tradition of our Nation that we entrust its defense not just to a standing army but to all citizens

Now, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows

I am grateful to the American Hospital Association for its outstanding effort to prepare for Medicare.

I am confident that you measure up to the noble challenge of the days ahead.

The peace we seek is a world where no nation fears another, or no nation can force another to follow its command.

We must and will insure the integrity of drugs vital to the health of all our citizens.

The Communists expect to divide this Nation.

The critical food shortage in India, though aggravated by drought, should be read as a warning that a crisis in food and population trends is already at the world's doorstep.

I am convinced that after decades of wars and threats of wars, peace is more within our reach than at any time in this century.

Growing economic strength is also evident in that group of 13 countries receiving Title I food a decade ago which continued to buy U.S. farm commodities for local currency in FY 1965.

But the broad pattern clearly shows substantial progress.

You can get all the advice from all the world, but you have to act on your own head, your own heart, and your own conscience.

In my Food for Freedom message that the President sent to the Congress, I requested the authority and the funds to provide food on very special terms to those countries that are willing to increase their own production.

Our objective in Vietnam is not war. Our objective is peace.