It was the great Persian Empire that gave us the fundamentals of our laws and our constitution today.

Ladies and gentlemen, to His Majesty, the Shahinshah of Iran.

It sounds like my St. Paul speech!

I hope that this story will be brought to the attention of people throughout the Nation.

You are now looking at the people who make the clock tick in the United States.

We are very happy this evening to be hosts to His Majesty the Shahinshah of Iran--a wonderful country historically, and a wonderful country in the modern sense.

The establishment of lasting peace depends in large measure upon whether these children, who will shape the future, have healthy bodies and a normal and happy outlook on life.

I have looked forward to Your Majesty's visit with great pleasure, and I trust that during its course you may have the opportunity of becoming well acquainted with our country.

You have come a long way to be with us, and we are very grateful.

I AM very happy to accept this report from the United States Committee for the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund.

One of the greatest tragedies which the war could produce would be a generation of children whose minds and bodies were stunted and warped.

The traditional friendship which bound us together during those troubled times has grown even stronger in the years since the war.

Your Majesty's visit represents the high point of this relationship, which will, I am sure, become still closer in the years ahead.

I have just been having a conversation with His Majesty, in which he has been discussing a fair deal for Iran.

I trust, too, that we may have the opportunity of acquiring through Your Majesty a better knowledge of Iran, its heritage of greatness and culture, and the courage and farsightedness with which present-day Iran, led by Your Majesty, is…

I am happy to welcome you to the United States on this, your first visit here.

Let us not be too impatient at the seemingly slow progress we are now making toward the goal of world peace--a goal which, despite all difficulties, we shall certainly attain.

We are going to continue to advance in our program of bringing equal rights and equal opportunities to all citizens.