knew how to marry a man who could be an Attorney General and a Supreme Court Justice, but she at least knew how to raise an Attorney General.

It was about 26 years ago when I heard a great President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, assert the four freedoms:

-Freedom of speech.
-Freedom of worship.
-Freedom from want, and

-Freedom from fear.

Today as we meet here-as then when he made that statement-we are all working and fighting to assure those freedoms throughout the globe.

The distinguished Chief Justice has just returned from a historic trip where he has made his contribution to that in Latin America.

But, if we are to do that successfully, we must assure these freedoms here at home first.

Our rights to free speech and our rights to free worship are a very important part of our guarantees under our Constitution. But freedom from want and freedom from fear are still yet to be fully achieved.

We have declared-and I think we are making great progress toward winning-a war on poverty. More than 61⁄2 million ple have been lifted from the poverty levels in the last 3 years.

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Thankfully, not every American knows poverty. But every American does know fear. Very few thrive on it. Some do.

Fear haunts, though, too many American communities in this land. It assails us all, no matter where we live, no matter how little we own. We fear for our person, we fear for our property, and we fear for our privacy.

America cannot tolerate enduringly this climate of fear. Our streets, our parks, our businesses, and our homes ought to be, should be, and must be made safe. We

should be able to greet a stranger as a friend, not as a threat.

Fear should force no man from his home, or from his neighborhood that he has chosen for his home, or he would like to have as his home.

America can win this war against crime and the fear that crime inspires-if America is determined to win that war. And it can win it while respecting the rights of its

citizens.

I predict, under the leadership of some of the great men whom I see in this room today, that we will win that war.

Tragically, some Americans fear not only the criminals who break the law, but also the men who seek to enforce it. The right of every American to be free from unlawful searches and forced self-incrimination must be upheld.

The right of privacy-the right Justice Brandeis called the most valued by civilized men-must be inviolate in this country.

Every man should know that his conversations, his correspondence, and his personal life are private. I have urged Congress-except when the Nation's security is at staketo take action to that end.

Innocent citizens must know that their rights will be violated neither by those who break the law-nor by those who seek to uphold it.

I have sought, and I think I have found, a man who, as our Attorney General, will be our commander, our leader, and our general in this war on two fronts against fear.

Our American system charges him with a most difficult and very delicate responsibility. The Supreme Court of our land has described his role in the following words:

"He is, in a peculiar and very definite sense, the servant of the law-the twofold aim of which is that guilt shall not escape or innocence suffer. He may prosecute with

earnestness and vigor-indeed, he should do so. But, while he may strike hard blows, he is not at liberty to strike foul ones. It is as much his duty to refrain from improper methods calculated to produce a wrongful conviction as it is to use every legitimate means to bring about a just one."

Sixty-four men have held this great office since the founding of this Republic. Rarely, if ever, has one been better qualified, by background, character, training, and temperament, than the man who will be the sixty-fifth Attorney General.

I remember him when he was serving his apprenticeship in the Department as a boy in knee pants. His father was soliciting suggestions on morale and how to improve the efficiency of the Department to bring all of the different bureaus up to the high standards of efficiency to which Mr. Hoover had brought the FBI.

Even then, Ramsey made his contribution. When they opened the box and looked at the suggestions, one of them was a rather unusual suggestion. I don't know that it irritated the Attorney General. I just think that he wanted to consult further with the person making the suggestion.

He called Mr. Hoover and he said, "I want to know who made this suggestion that the Attorney General quit wearing these bright bow ties." The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation said, "Do I have to reveal his name and invade his privacy?" The Attorney General said that he would be pleased if he did. And he said, very reluctantly, "It was your son"-the future Attorney General-"Ramsey."

So, today, Ramsey becomes the lawyer for all Americans; he becomes the Nation's advocate at the bar of justice. His professional qualifications are all a matter of record.

I gave them to the press over at the White House the other day. I have listed them from time to time and after 5 months I finally got them all there on one mimeographed sheet.

He adds to all of those qualifications listed very superb qualities of mind and character. Secure in his knowledge of the law, gifted with a quick mind and a keen conscience, I believe that he is above all else a humble, deeply, quietly, courageous man with the strength and depth of his convictions and the moral strength not only of genuine. humility, but the strength and courage to carry those convictions out.

So, in our quest in this Nation-in our quest and our search-for justice for every citizen, Ramsey Clark is the man whom America looks to.

Along with the other members of the Cabinet, the employees of this Department, we welcome him to the Cabinet of the President of the United States.

NOTE: The President spoke at 12:45 p.m. in the Great Hall at the Department of Justice. In his opening words he referred to incoming Attorney General and Mrs. Ramsey Clark, Associate Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark, who administered the oath of office to his son, Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack, and Chief Justice Earl Warren. During his remarks he referred to Representative George H. Mahon of Texas, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Louis D. Brandeis, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 1916-1939, and J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Mr. Secretary Brown, General McConnell, members and former members of the Third Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group:

It gives me a great deal of genuine satisfaction and pleasure to welcome you here to this symbolic first house of this land that you have done so much to defend and to preserve.

I do so in the knowledge that we rarely attribute as much recognition through commendations, congratulations, thanks, and appreciation as we do to criticism and complaint.

There is something about our open society that gives the play to what went wrong instead of what went right. I cheerfully observed that a moment ago when I inquired of some of my friends about an event of the other day.

They said, "Well, you don't understand, Mr. President. That is good news and good news doesn't make news. It is the bad news that we really talk about. The conversation items are the bad ones."

The contributions that you have made to preserve freedom and to continue our struggle for freedom are very important to us-and are legendary.

You risked your lives, so that others might. live. Not only just those of us who enjoy our freedom in this room as your fellow citizens, but the other 200 million in the country owe you a debt of everlasting gratitude.

We recognize your right to be honored. here among the heroes of the land of the free and the home of the brave.

I think that some of the press, who may have made sacrifices themselves or have

friends in the service now, may at least be concerned-as we all are-with what is happening in the world.

You may like to know that in all types of weather-today is a lovely day, but where they have been and what they have been doing hasn't always been lovely-over the most difficult kind of terrain—not the White House lawn-these men were faced with the peril of enemy fire. The only way you will ever know what that means is to face it. Once you face it, you never forget it. Despite the enemy fire, these men reached out, brought back to life and plucked to safety from the jungles, from the mountains, from the waters, their buddies who were downed in combat.

In Southeast Asia alone, the group has been credited with 597 combat rescues.

By their very existence, they have provided our downed fliers with the knowledge that we care about them, that they are not forgotten, and that help is on the way.

That knowledge means more than you might think, unless you have waited sometimes wondering whether help was on the way or not. Not just to help you fix a flat, not just help to refill your tank with gasoline, but whether help was on the way to permit you to live the next day.

The agonies that they have endured are being recognized here today, because to a man who is bobbing in an empty sea with the waves going over his head every few moments, or one who is crawling through a dense jungle, that is a blessing without price. Your place of honor was not earned without great sacrifice.

Seven members of this group have given

their lives. Fourteen members are already listed as missing. Two have been captured. All of them have devotion and dedication to the spirit of the Third's motto, "That Others May Live."

As President of all the people of this country, I am very proud to pay tribute with. this citation. It is not a banner and it is not used in a picket line, but it is recognition of the gallant men of the Third Aerospace Recovery Group.

Your courage and your self-sacrifice have provided us with a glowing example of what I believe is the best of American manhood. You are a credit to a grateful Nation.

If there is any gratitude in the Nation, if there is any recognition in the Nation, if there is any honor and pride in the Nation, it ought to go to men like you, because there is not any greater honor than is represented by that uniform and these flags.

Thank you very much.

[Secretary of the Air Force Harold Brown read the citation, the text of which follows.]

CITATION TO ACCOMPANY THE AWARD OF THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION

TO THE

3D AEROSPACE RESCUE AND RECOVERY GROUP

The 3d Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group, Military Airlift Command, distinguished itself by extraordinary gallantry in connection with military operations against an opposing armed force in Southeast Asia, from 1 August 1965 to 30 June 1966. During

this period, the personnel of the 3d Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group repeatedly jeopardized their own lives by exposing themselves to hostile ground and air fire while flying unarmed aircraft in order to rescue survivors downed by hostile fire. Their heroic actions resulted in the rescue and recovery of 339 friendly troops, of which 304 were saved from almost certain capture by hostile forces. The extraordinary heroism displayed by the members of the 3d Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group has had a profound impact on the morale of combat aircrews in Southeast Asia. By their gallantry and untiring devotion to duty, the personnel of the 3d Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group have reflected great credit upon themselves and the United States of America.

LYNDON B. JOHNSON

NOTE: The President spoke at 1:45 p.m. in the Cabinet Room at the White House. In his opening words he referred to Secretary of the Air Force Harold Brown and Gen. John P. McConnell, Air Force Chief of Staff.

On the same day a White House announcement noted that Lt. Col. Arthur Beal, unit commander, and 7 other members of the Group during the period covered by the citation would attend the award ceremony.

Also released by the White House was a short history of the 3d Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group from its activation during World War II through its service in the Korean war to its present operations in Vietnam (3 Weekly Comp. Pres. Docs., P. 424).

As printed above, this item follows the text released by the White House Press Office.

Dear Mr. President:

On this day-as on so many others—those who love freedom will once again honor your name.

Twenty years ago you went before the Congress and summoned the American people to a great endeavor: that of helping free peoples to "maintain their free institutions

and their national integrity against aggressive movements that seek to impose upon them totalitarian regimes."

With that message you served two great functions of the Presidency-those of the teacher and the leader. You related the struggle of the Greek people against armed terrorism to the national security of the United States. You recognized that totalitarian regimes, imposed upon free peoples by direct or indirect aggression, "undermine the foundations of international peace." And you called upon the Congress and the American people to help resist that aggres

sion.

Today America is again engaged in helping to turn back armed terrorism. As in your day, there are those who believe that effort is too costly. As on other occasions during the past twenty years, there are those who counsel us that the stakes are not high enough, nor the danger near enough, to warrant our involvement.

But our people have learned that freedom is not divisible; that order in the world is.

vital to our national interest; and that the highest costs are paid not by those who meet their responsibilities, but by those who ignore them.

You helped to teach those lessons, Mr. President. Just as importantly, you had the courage and the determination to put them into practice: in Greece and Turkey, in Berlin, in Korea, and in other parts of the world where today men are free and prospering because of what you did.

March 12th is thus a proud anniversary. Years from now men will still mark this date, and the man whose Doctrine gave it meaning.

With best wishes for your health and happiness.

Devotedly,

LYNDON B. JOHNSON

[The Honorable Harry S. Truman, Independence, Missouri]

NOTE: For President Truman's message to Con-
gress on March 12, 1947, see "Public Papers of the
Presidents, Harry S. Truman, 1947," Item 56.
See also Items 108, 109, below.

TWENTY years ago today, President Harry S. Truman asked the American people to help the Greek nation preserve its freedom. Before a joint session of the Congress, he declared:

"I believe it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures."

The message and the program he conveyed on that historic occasion became known as the Truman Doctrine.

In commemoration of that decisive hour, in thanksgiving for his courage and vision,

and in celebration of the friendship that endures between our peoples, I extend to you and the citizens of Greece my warm greetings and best wishes. In this I am joined by every American who rejoices that Greece is today free and prospering.

President Truman recognized that the security of the United States was intimately related to that of Greece. He warned our people-who, like yours, had just emerged from a savage conflict with another terrorist aggression that

"We shall not realize our objectives unless we are willing to help free peoples to main