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    "ocrText": "2\nOne of\nreasons why\nworld responsibilities. Thxxxxx the principal I am anxious\nto see the Territory of Hawaii, and the Territory of Alaska, become\nStates is because of their vital importance to the defense and to\nthe welfare of the United States of America. Rx They are both\nkey positions in the national defense nx of the United States on its\nwestern borders. It is necessary that they have representation in the\nlegislative bodies of the united States, in order to bring that leason\nhome to theCongress. There are men in theCongress who do not yet\nrealize that we are an international nation now, and not just a\nRepublie bound on the east by the Atlantic and on the west by the\nPacific. I hope that lesson can go home to the whole country in such a\nway that we can maintain the mo ace of the world.\nI am not one of those who thinks that another world wer is\ninevitable. I am just as surs as I stand here that the people behind\nthe iron curtain are just as anxious for peace as I am. I am just\nas sure as I stand here that if the truth could be gotten to these\npeople, there would be peace in the world, and Axxm going to get the\nwe are\ntruth to those people, and we won't have to do it with guns, I am sure.\nI can't tell youhow very much I appreciate the hospitality of\nAdmiral Rxitatex Radford and the Governor of this Territory, and I\nsincerely wish that I wero not on an errand which requires constant\nstudy and work, so that I am not in a position to attend any special\nmeetings of any kind.\nIt is necessary, after our conference with Oeneral\non the situation in Korea and Japan, for me to immediately return to\nSan Franciseo and tell the world what our policy is as it affects the\nworld and world peace. And on the 24th of October I shall appe ar\nbefore the United Nations and try to drive the natter home in such a\nway that we may begin to arrive at a situation where we can\nhave world peace and not world war. That is my sole ambition. I\nhave no other -- never had any other since I became Prosident in\n1945. It has been my constant offort to get things worked out so\nthat there would be permanent pe noe in the world. There is no\nreason why it can't be done.\nis\nAND\nSERVICE\nthe"
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