And that is why I chose him for this new assignment.

$110.92 the weekly earnings reached for the American factory worker.

We have full confidence that the entire Nation will reap the profits from your achievements.

I urge that you use this occasion to re-examine all of your overseas programs with the utmost care.

So, General Staats, this morning in the presence of your wonderful family, and particularly your distinguished father-in-law, my old friend Bob Rich of Pennsylvania-whom I am so happy could be here with us-you launch a new career.

There are 2 1/2 million men and women in the Federal Government who work each day to advance the progress of this uncommon land.

Whenever there is a collision with fate, when history stops for a moment of crisis--it is the doubter who runs from the test of courage--and it is the builder who is firm in the face of fear.

We must eliminate the discrimination which wastes our manpower resources.

We must direct effective manpower policies to reduce unemployment and head off shortages.

We cannot rest content: when employers seek skilled and experienced workers while thousands cannot find work because they lack proper training and education.

He declares his faith in the hopes of this nation, and in the people who try to faithfully serve it.

The real basis of manpower policy is more fundamental.

The minimum wage for American workers has been an essential part of national policy for almost thirty years.

We are determined to do whatever is necessary to keep the economy expanding and avoid inflationary bottlenecks.

Your objective should be to maximize receipts and to minimize expenditures abroad consistent with the achievement of U.S. objectives.

Whether they were Democrat or Republican, he served them all with equal fidelity and equal wisdom.

A manpower policy must be based on belief in the value of the individual and in the promise of welcome change.

In those beginning days, the man always by my side was Elmer Staats.