Our eyes are on the future but our hearts will never forget the past.

Those ideals which inspired so many people to reach for independence are not Western values or Asian values.

The worth of those values is eternal.

Mr. President, the Philippines have also been in the forefront of the fight against external challenge to the freedom that we so cherish.

Finally, we greet you as fellow members of the United Nations, which has done so much to guard the peace and to point the way to a better world order.

Ten months ago, Mr. President, you came on a mission of sorrow to the funeral of our beloved President John F. Kennedy.

John F. Kennedy is no longer with us.

The United States enjoys friendship with many nations, but with your nation, Mr. President, there is and there always will be a special friendship, a special quality of understanding between us.

Countries like Free China were ending their dependence on AID and that others would follow.

To increase the impact of the Alliance for Progress, our aid to Latin America was sharply stepped up in fiscal 1963.

A genuinely free society cannot be a spectator society.

I also direct that the flag of the United States be displayed on all public buildings, on Columbus Day in honor of the great explorer.

Policies designed to protect our balance of payments produced major results in fiscal 1963.

I invite the people of this Nation to observe that day in churches, schools, and other suitable places with appropriate ceremonies in honor of the memory of Christopher Columbus.

Under these policies U.S. business and industry exported $855 million in AID-financed goods and equipment to Asia, Africa and Latin America during the year.

We increased efforts to encourage American investment in the less-developed countries.

I hope that I will be seeing some of you again when you come here as White House Fellows.

The 1961 Act also called for greater use of America's vast private resources in the battle against world poverty.