This Congress this week will pass a voting rights bill that will give every American, regardless of his economic status, or where he lives, or what kind of a dress or suit he wears, or what his color is, or what his religion is-he will…

I also invite the people of the United States to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies in honor of the memory of General Pulaski

I want him to be absolutely certain there is no waste or misapplication of American manpower in the Department of Defense effort.

I'm not going to provoke any fight.

At this time I want you to be absolutely certain that there is no waste or misapplication of America's manpower in the Department of Defense.

We don't ever get into any crisis that we can avoid.

The Secretary of the Treasury (acting through the Coast Guard) shall establish all necessary regulations required to carry out in the most effective manner the provisions of the Convention.

This order supersedes Executive Order No. 10402 of October 30, 1952, entitled 'Enforcement of the Convention for Safety of Life at Sea, 1948,' to the extent that the International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea signed at London on…

Now, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code and as President of the United States of America, it is ordered as follows:

Each of the Secretaries and the Commission shall cooperate and assist the others in carrying out the duties imposed by the Convention and by this order.

Now here is how the plan will affect you.

And those devoted public servants, former Secretary, Senator Ribicoff; present Secretary, Tony Celebrezze; Under Secretary Wilbur Cohen; the Democratic whip of the House, Hale Boggs on the Ways and Means Committee; and really the White…

Because the need for this action is plain; and it is so clear indeed that we marvel not simply at the passage of this bill, but what we marvel at is that it took so many years to pass it.

And it was only yesterday, at the request of some of my friends, I met with the leaders of the American Medical Association to seek their assistance in advancing the cause of one of the greatest professions of all--the medical…

And no longer will young families see their own incomes, and their own hopes, eaten away simply because they are carrying out their deep moral obligations to their parents, and to their uncles, and their aunts.

The people of the United States love and voted for Harry Truman, not because he gave them hell--but because he gave them hope.

No longer will illness crush and destroy the savings that they have so carefully put away over a lifetime so that they might enjoy dignity in their later years.

I believe today that all America shares my joy that he is present now when the hope that he offered becomes a reality for millions of our fellow citizens.