It is my purpose to cooperate with your Subcommittee to the greatest extent possible, bearing in mind at all times my responsibility to take care that the investigative activities and efficiency of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and…

These three elements... led me to the inescapable conclusion that the single most important element in an effective and at the same time just and fair loyalty program was the preservation of all files in connection therewith in the…

They have unanimously advised me that disclosure of loyalty files would be contrary to the public interest, and would do much more harm than good.

I have given very careful consideration to the response contained herein.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, approved October 12, 1949, approved October 12, 1949 (Public Law 351, 81st Congress), and as President of the United States and Commander in…

It will bring appreciably nearer the goal all freedom-loving peoples seek-a peace where all nations live in equality and mutual respect.

We cannot live isolated in relative wealth and abundance.

These measures are not acts of charity.

Failure to enact it in its full amount would do irreparable damage.

Our armed forces can afford us a measure of defense, but real security for our Nation and all the rest of mankind can come only from building the kind of world where men can live together in peace.

Passage of this Act will strengthen all nations threatened with intimidation, subversion, or direct aggression.

Approval of this measure will give renewed hope and vigor to people everywhere who are working to achieve their economic independence and maintain their political freedom.

We will save nothing if we ignore the needs of other nations now only to find that the result is World War III.

The program called for by this Act is the minimum consistent with the interest of the United States and our efforts to achieve a peaceful world.

We cannot afford to follow that course again.

They are, indeed, the keystone of our protection against the destruction of another war and against the terrible weapons of this atomic age.

The United States turned its back upon the rest of the world after the first world war.

It is in the interest of each American that there be a far greater measure of well-being in other lands.