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Stevenson says we do not need
! the draft. You say we do.
Mr.. President, will you tell
us your reasons for our need
of the draft?
The President: Well, there
are a number of reasons.
First of all, as of now, our
strength that We have to MAIN
tain, on the very finest military
advice that we can get in this
world-becauSe there are no
better soldiers. sailors and air.
men than the United States pos
sesses-are something on the
order of 8 million. Maybe we will
get it down a little below that
in the foreseeable future, but
not too much.
Experience has shown that
when we go beyond is million
that you simply cannot get
volunteers.
Now to get additional men.
we have to have some method
that distributes the load prop
lerly, evenly and fairly. We try
to keep these calls down to the
lowest possible number, but
without the draft, first of all.
we don't even get as many vol
unteerS as we do with it because
people volunteer SO they can 60
into the services they want.
Where they want, and the time
they want.
But with the draft, we do get
this job of defending America
distributed fairly properly. get
people trained so that veterans
are not the ones that have to go
back into the Army after they
nave already served so much that
they deserve our gratitude.
Now, that is the general rea-
sons.
Mrs. Farrar: Thank you, Mr..
President.
The President: Right here.
VALUE OF HOMES
DIR. J. c. Austin: This is
Austin from Chicago, pastor
OF the Pilgrim Baptist Church
Tor over 80 years. l was in the
Democrat Party for 20 years.
and you brought me out.
uaughter).
There are many fine points
OF your life and your admin
lStratiOn admire, but one
stands out above everything
else with me.
My intricate problem as a
pastor is that of the homes of
my Practitioners, and 1 find my
problem runs throughout the
Nation torn and broken
homes.
The beauty of your home.
with your wife by your side.
helping you go forward, the
union of your home, your chill
rem, your grandchildren, a real
home life, is what America
needs as pattern and as a
philosophy.
SO l have the feeling that
you have good will toward all
mankind running out of that
kind of a home. 1t runs over
to your neighbOrs. II runs to
foreign nations, and / want
to ask, will you be an ambas-
SadOr of goodwill TO all the
homes in America so that we
can be one Nation indivisible?
(Applause).
The President: First of all sir
l should like to thank you for
that talk, and l assure YOU am
speaking also for Mrs. Eisenhow-
er who is watching this program
She will be very, very pleased
that you said what you did.
Now, / agree with you. the
nome is the basis of our civiliza-
ton. We must do everything we
can to make those homes. not
only places for enjoyment for all
OF us, but places that do estab-
fish the moral character that
TINS Nation. itself IS going to fol-
low, because unless our Nation
our homes-are intact and solid
and We get there. when we are
young children, the standards
that we must observe throughout
life--well, then. / am afraid. in
the long run the Nation will not
be as strong as it otherwise
could.
Lew, all right. glad to see you. |
VIEWS ON SUEZ
Lewis Douglas: Mr.. Presi-
dent, I am Lewis Douglas. ma
tive OF Arizona where have
my permanent home, Mr..
President.
On four occasions was
elected as a Democrat TO rep
resent my State In Congress,
and in very modest way l
have tried 10 serve our coun-
try under Democratic admins
trati0nS.
But ! am deeply convinced
that your Reelection will best
serve the interests Of the
American people.
For more than a quarter-of-
a-century there has been an
increasingly strong tendency
among candidates. Republic
cans as well as Democrats, to
make irresponsible and even
reckless statements. n sfir mn