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    "ocrText": "-3. -\nto\nexpect thret other countries will recognize the full merits of a\nthe\n\"MATIONAL\nARCHIVES AMD\nfree economy. We know that our system of private competitive\nRECORDS\nis\nSERVIGETa\nenterprise has produced the highest standard of living the world\nhas ever seen. By steadily raising this standard, we can demonstrate\nto all other nations the vitality and superiority of a free economy.\nOur syst em of private enterprise is now being tested before the\nstalle\nworld. If we can prove that it is more productive and more flesible,\nmore generous and more just than any other economic system, we shall\nhave won the test.\nBut if we ignore the needs and shirk the responsibilities\nof our economy, we shall lose both our power to help others and\nour\ncapacity to inspire others. Economic trouble in the United States\nwould provide agitators with the opportunity they seek.\nIt is necessary that we develop a new realization of the\nsize and strength of our economy. Our tremendous production during\nthe war astounded the world. It was a phenomenon which no one thought\ncould endure after hostilities ceased.\nWe are beginning to sense the fact, however, that our\neconomy\npeacetime economy can not only equal our wartime machine, but can\nsurpass it."
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