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    "ocrText": "- 5 -\nThis is a problem that can be solved only by the joint efforts\nof the Government and universities.\ntogotiros,\nBraining programs\ncan be formulated, both on the job and on the campus. The Government\nparticipate,\nmust make provision / for its employees to attend. The universities\nwill need to provide courses well adapted to increasing the effectiveness\nof the employee in his job. Such a plan is certain to pay substantial\n\"NATIONAL\ndividends.\nARCHIVES AMD\nREVORDS\nSERVICE\nI have been speaking about the important contribution which\neducational institutions can make in the service of the Nation through\npreparing men and women to administer our far-flung public enterprises.\nAnother contribution which I regard as important at this time\nis support for a program of universal training. I consider such a pro-\ngram vital to the national welfare. Since universal training necessarily\naffects young men of college age, I believe that our educational insti-\ntutions should be particularly aware of the need for such a program and\nwhat it can accomplish.\n8\nThe recent war left in its wake a tremendous task of repair and\norderly\nreconstruction, of building a new and fruitial world out of the economic\nand social chaos of the old. It is a task too great for us, or for any\nother nation, to undertake alone. Even though we are contributing gen-\nerously and wholeheartedly, no single nation has the means to set the\nworld aright. It is a job for all nations to do together. Unfortunately,\nhowever, generosity of impulse and abundant good will are not enough.\nand hunger, to ensure the political stability\nessential to social and economic reconstruction. Peace-loving\nnations can make only slow progress toward the attainment of a stable\nworld -- in which all peoples are free to work out their own destinies\nin their own way - unless their moral leadership is supported by strength."
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