To each of us is entrusted the heavy responsibility of guiding the affairs of a democratic nation founded on Christian ideals.

The world was not meant to be a prison in which man awaits his execution.

Harvard gave me an education, but Junior Chamber gave me an education for life.

Collective bargaining has always been the bedrock of the American labor movement. I hope that you will continue to anchor your movement to this foundation. Free collective bargaining is good for the entire Nation. In my view, it is the only alternative to State regulation of wages and prices - a path which leads far down the grim road of totalitarianism. Those who would destroy or further limit the rights of organized labor - those who would cripple collective bargaining or prevent organization of the unorganized - do a disservice to the cause of democracy.

I am glad that Congress has recently authorized $800,000 to State welfare agencies to expand their day-care services during the remainder of this fiscal year. But we need much more. We need the $8 million in the 1965 budget for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare allocated to this purpose.

Everywhere immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American life.

There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair.