The World Is More Like It Is

In Order To Insure Proper And Widespread Observance Of This Anniversary, All Veterans, All Veterans' Organizations, And The Entire Citizenry Will Wish To Join Hands In The Common Purpose.

For Any American Who Had The Great And Priceless Privilege Of Being Raised In A Small Town There Always Remains With Him Nostalgic Memories... And The Older He Grows The More He Senses What He Owed To The Simple Honesty And Neighborliness, The Integrity That He Saw All Around Him In Those Days.

Leadership Consists Of Nothing But Taking Responsibility For Everything That Goes Wrong And Giving Your Subordinates Credit For Everything That Goes Well.

So - Our Readiness To Meet And Defeat This Kind Of Possible Attack Is Forced Upon Us, Both As A Potent Preventive Of Actual War And To Insure Survival In Event Of Attack. This Alertness To Danger Has To Be Translated Into Specific Policies And Activities In The Several Parts Of The World Where Our Rights - Our Way Of Life - Can Be Seriously Damaged. Work Of This Kind Occupies My Days And Nights.

As Nuclear And Other Technological Achievements Continue To Mount, The Normal Life Span Will Continue To Climb. The Hourly Productivity Of The Worker Will Increase.