McNamara, Robert S.
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OCR Page 1 of 24Mcdal of Freedom Award to
Secretary McNamara
Wednesday, February 28, 1968
1:00pm.
Words: 521
/Sparks
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
Thomas Jefferson said:
"When a man assumes a public trust, he
should consider himself as public property. 11
The man we honor today has lived that philosophy for more than
seven years.
The General Services Administration does not list him among
our official assets. But he may be the most valuable single piece
of "public property" on earth.
I will not say that Bob McNamara has accomplished the impossible.
We want him to understand how we feel about him -- and that word is
not in his dictionary. But we all know that he has done what many
believed to be the impossible -- until we saw him do it.
Those of us who served in Government during the Second World
War came out of that conflict proud of our Armed Forces -- but
deeply concerned for their future.
President Truman said:
"One of the strongest convictions which I brought to
the office of the President was that the antiquated defense
setup of the United States had to be reorganized quickly
as a step toward insuring our future safety and preserving
world peace. From the beginning of my administration I
began to push hard for unification of the military establishment
into a single department.
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