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    "ocrText": "- 2 -\nthis, my last message to the Congress, I wish to address myself particu-\nlarly to some of the problems with which all Americans are gravely\nconcerned and some of the changes - - both internal and external -- which\ngo to the very roots of our society.\nOne of the deepest concerns of the framers of our Constitution\nwas to make sure that no military group arose to challenge the civil au-\nthority, and that no segment of industry be allowed to develop which was\npermanently and exclusively concerned with building the weapons of war.\nFor a hundred and sixty years, our military posture was char-\nacterized by a very small regular establishment, quickly bolstered in\ntime of emergency by large contingents of militia and reserves, and just\nas quickly reduced upon the return of peace. There was no armaments\nindustry. The makers of plowshares could, when required, make swords\nas well. The Army which I joined in 1911 numbered 84,000 -- one-tenth\nof its present strength.\nFor many reasons, this has all changed. A great and con-\ntinuing threat to our security made it impossible for us to demobilize"
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