European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 6, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes january 196s text of president Johnsons state of the Union message Washington up the text of president Johnsons state of the Union address to Congress fellow on this Hill which was my i am stirred by old though total agreement Between the executive and the Congress is total respect is important i am proud to be among my of the Congress whose legacy to their Trust is Belr loyally to their i am not unaware of the inner emotions of the new members of this body Twenty eight years ago i Felt As you do you will soon learn that you Are among men whose first ton is to their men who try each Day to do As Best they can what they believe is right we Are entering the third Century of the Pursuit of american two Hundred years in nine assembled colonies first joined together to demand Freedom from arbitrary Unity fight and he the Honor of my country shall never be stained by an apology from me for the statement of truth or the performance of that was our policy in the 1830s and that is our policy our own Freedom and growth have never been the final goal of the american we were never meant to be an Oasis of Liberty and abundance in a worldwide desert of disappointed our nation was created to help strike away the chains of ignorance and misery and tyranny wherever they keen Man less twin Hod Means him to rapid 4year move Are moving toward that never More rapidly than in the last four in this period we have built a military Power Strong enough to meet any threat and destroy any and that superiority will continue to grow so Long As this office is mine end you sit on Capitol Hill in this period no new nation has become and the Unity of the communist Empire has begun to in this period a have resolved in Friendship our disputes with our neighbors of the and joined in an Alliance for Progress toward economic growth and political in ills period we have taken More Steps toward including the lest ban treaty than at any time since the cold War Conquest of space for the first we struggled to bold together the first Continental Union of democracy in the history of one Hundred years in following a terrible test of blood end the compact of Union was finally for second Century we Laboured to establish a Unity of purpose and interest among the Many groups which make up the american that struggle has often brought pain and it is not yet but we have achieved Unity of interest among our people unmatched la the history of and in we begin quest for we seek the Unity of Man with the world he has Bull with the knowledge that can save or destroy him the Dales that can stimulate or stifle with the wealth and machines which can enrich or menace his spirit we seek to establish a Harmony Between Man and society which will allow each of us to enlarge the meaning of his life and an of is to elevate the Quality of our this is the search we begin cannot be ills period we have relentlessly pursued our advances toward the Conquest of most important of in this the United states has reemerged into the fullness of its Sel Confidence and no longer Are we called upon to get America we Are no longer do we doubt our strength or we Are Strong and we have proven our no longer can anyone wonder whether we Are in the grip of historical we know that history is ours to and if there is great there is now also the excitement of great yet we still liven a troubled and perilous there is no longer a single threat there Are they differ in intensity and they require different attitudes and different with the soviet Union we seek peaceful understandings that can Lessen the danger to last fall 1 asked the american people to choose that i will carry Forward their if we Are to live together in we must come to know each other Exchange of views but the Unity we seek cannot Reaume full Promise in for today the state of the Union in Large upon toe Stele of the our concern and Conna Esumi and extend to Wuy Corner of dwindling planet it to not merely our concern but the concern of All free we will and should assume it to the task of americans alone to Settle All the conflicts of a torn and troubled in i toes of Freedom take no Comfort from for in concert other we Sha help men defend their our first aim remains the Safe Trand Well being of our own is Barour i Utens or our the Community of nations Mutual respect we shall extend it a we Shan expect it to our reset Una with the world to Toad follow the of Andrew Jackson who intend to ask for that is not clearly right and to submit to nothing am sure the american people would Welcome a Chance to listen to the soviet leaders on our As i would like the soviet people to hear our i Hope the new soviet leaders can visit America so they can learn about this country at first in Eastern Europe restless nations Are slowly be Graning to assert their identity your assisted by leaders in labor and is exploring ways to peaceful Trade with these countries and the soviet i will report our conclusions to the in communism wears a Mare aggressive Sec that in Why Are we there we arc because a Friendly nation has asked us for help against communist a ten years we pledged our three presi dents have supported that to will not break our own Security is tied to the peace of twice in one generation we have had to fight against aggression in the far East to ignore aggression would Only increase the danger of a larger our goal is peace in East that will come Only when aggressors leave their neighbors in what is at stake is the cause of in that cause we shall never be found but communism is not the Only source of trouble and unrest there Are older and deeper sources in the misery nations and in mans irrepressible ambition for Liberty and a better latin America butt with the free republics of Tatlyn America i have always my country has Al ways ties of inter est and it will be the purpose of this administration to strengthen these to gather we share and shape the destiny of the new in the coming year i Hope to pay a visit la latin and i will steadily enlarge our commitment to the Alliance for Progress As the instrument of our War against poverty and injustice in the in the Atlantic Community we continue to pursue our goal of Twenty years a Europe growing in strength and cooperation with a great unfinished task is the re unification of Rierman through this european policy is not based on any abstract it is based on the realities of common interests and common common dangers and common these realities will continue to have their Way especially in our expanding Trade and our com Mon free americans have shaped the policies of the United and because we know these those policies have and will in the intermit of interest of Freedom free europeans must the course of for the same that course has and will in our interest and the interest of i found this truth confirmed in my talks with european leaders in the last i Hope to repay these visits to some of our friends in Europe this in Africa and Asia we Are witnessing the turbulent untold ing of new nations and Conti we Welcome them to the society of we Are committed to help those seeking to strengthen their own and to work most closely with those governments dedicated to the welfare of All their we seek not Fidelity to an Iron but a diversity of belief As varied As Man him we seek not to extend the Power of America but the Prog Ress of we seek not to dominate others but to strengthen to a Freedom of i will seek new ways to me our knowledge to help Deal with the explosion in world population Aid the growing Scarcity in world we renew our commitment to the continued growth and effectiveness of the United tile frustrations of the Are a product of the world we live not of the institution which gives them it is far better to throw these differences open to the Assembly of nations than permit them to fester in silent these Are some of the goals of the american nation in the seek Freedom for ourselves we seek Nei ther Praise nor gratitude nor we seek we seek we seek to enrich the life of for that is the world in which we will that is the world we mean for All men to world affairs will continue to Call upon our Energy and Cour but today we ran turn in creased Alle Gllnn la the Char Acter of american we Are in inc midst of the greatest upward surge of eco nomic Well Cong in the history of any our flourishing Progress has been marked by Urlce stability unequalled in the our balance of payments deficit has declined and the soundness of our Dollar is i pledged of keep it that i urge business and labor to co operate to that we worked for two centuries to climb ills Peak of Prosperi Bui we Are Only at the be ginning of the Road to the great ahead now is a Summit where Freedom from the wants of the Taoda can help fulfil the of the we built this nation to serve its grow and build we want to grow and build and but we want Prog Ress to be the servant and not the master of we do not intend to the midst of lated from neighbors and a confined by blighted cities and Bleak stunted by a poverty of learning and an Emit less of the great society asks not Only How but How Good not Only How to create wealth but How to use ii not Only How fast we arc but where we arc it proposes As the first test for a nation the Quality of its this kind of society will not Flower spontaneously from swelling riches and surging it will not the gift of got Erna Cal or the creation of pres it will require of every for Many Genera both Faith in the Destina Tion and the fortitude to Moke the Freedom it will always be Challenge and not tonight we accept that Chal i propose we begin a pro Gram in education to ensure every american child the full est development of his mind and i propose we begin a Mas Sive attack on crippling and killing i propose we launch a National Effort to make the Amer ican City a belter and More stimulating Nln re to end of pollution i propose we increase the Beauty of America and end poisoning of our Rivers and the air we i propose we carry out a program to develop our country now suffering distress and t i propose we make new to control and prevent1 crime and i propose we eliminate every remaining obstacle to the right and Opportunity to i propose we Honor and port the achievements of thought and the creations of i propose we make an fallout Campaign against waste and in our Basic task is keep our1 Economy grow open for All the opportunities now enl met by most the he messages detailed for on col Suho Pian Aoi vion army Navy air Fosca col hid Way Smith Iua it col William Colemanjr Arnold Auh Nitt prank my mrs spa twin Clerc Kiim Wisul Italy Iii main 01