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    "ocrText": "THE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nAn early People-to-People reference in a speech which\nGeneral Eisenhower recorded in Europe on August 22, 1945,\nfor ceremonies at Freedom House, New York City.\n\"To reduce mutual suspicions and antagonisms it is\nimportant that people and I mean the people themselves,\nrather than only governmental representatives -- learn to\nknow more of each other. Among the soldiers now re-\nturning to our shores from Europe, plenty can be found\nwho will object to certain policies and customs that they\nencountered overseas. But few will you find who have\nlived in Britain that do not like the British people. They\nappreciate sincerely the hospitality and good humor that\nthey encountered in the British home and in public. The\nsame for large sections of Europe Even though our re-\nturned soldiers may complain about monetary rates of\nexchange, you will find that almost all think of ordinary\nEuropean citizens as people much like themselves, and\nin the circle of actual contact are losing those suspicions\nwe instinctively hold toward strangers. Admittedly a\nwhole world cannot become international travelers and\nso learn these things at first hand. But there is recourse\nto education! Particularly is it important that throughout\nthe world the history of all races and nations be accurately\nwritten and taught. Knowledge of others is important to us.\nFrom the primary grade to the master's degree, educators\nmust seek objectivity, honesty and a broadly human approach\nto subjects affecting all peoples of the earth. In the pulpit,\nthe press, the radio, and every type of public organization\nwe should differentiate clearly between patriotism and\njingoism we should teach that knowledge leads to co-\noperation; ignorance to disaster\nRead The\n."
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