No sane society chooses to commit national suicide.

The leadership of the American Legion has not had a constructive thought for the benefit of this country since 1918.

Our nation is founded on the principal that observance of the law is the eternal safeguard of liberty and defiance of the law is the surest road to tyranny.

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.

All over the world, particularly in the newer nations, young men are coming to power--men who are not bound by the traditions of the past--men who are not blinded by the old fears and hates and rivalries-- young men who can cast off the old slogans and delusions and suspicions.

Here on earth, God's work must surely be our own.

So let us begin anew - remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof