Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with reason and justice. Democracy maintains that government is established for the benefit of the individual, and is charged with the responsibility of protecting the rights of the individual and his freedom in the exercise of those abilities of his.
These differences between communism and democracy do not concern the United States alone. People everywhere are coming to realize that what is involved is material well-being, human dignity, and the right to believe in and worship God.
Since the end of hostilities, the United States has invested its substance and its energy in a great constructive effort to restore peace, stability, and freedom to the world. We have sought no territory. We have imposed our will on none. We have asked for no privileges that we would not extend to others. We have made every effort to secure agreement on effective international control of our most powerful weapon, and we have worked steadily for the limitation and control of all armaments.
We are moving on with other nations to build an even stronger structure of international order and justice. We are ready to undertake new projects to strengthen a free world. In the coming years, our program for peace and freedom will emphasize four major courses of action.
First, we will continue to give unfaltering support to the United Nations and related agencies, and we will continue to search for ways to strengthen their authority and increase their effectiveness. Second, we will continue our programs for world economic recovery. This means, first of all, that we must keep our full weight behind the European recovery program.
Third, we will strengthen freedom-loving nations against the dangers of aggression. Fourth, we must embark on a bold new program for making the benefits of our scientific advances and industrial progress available for the improvement and growth of underdeveloped areas. I believe that we should make available to peace-loving peoples the benefits of our store of technical knowledge in order to help them realize their aspirations for a better life.
Our aim should be to help the free peoples of the world, through their own efforts, to produce more food, more clothing, more materials for housing, and more mechanical power to lighten their burdens.
Democracy alone can supply the vitalizing force to stir the peoples of the world into triumphant action, not only against their human oppressors, but also against their ancient enemies: hunger, misery, and despair.
In due time, as our stability becomes manifest, as more and more nations come to know the benefits of democracy and to participate in growing abundance, I believe that those countries which now oppose us will abandon their delusions and join with the free nations of the world in a just settlement of international differences.
To that end we will devote our strength, our resources, and our firmness of resolve. With more than a million people lining the route 17, marchers join in a 7 mile long procession down Pennsylvania Avenue. In this the greatest parade in the long history of our National Capital. Then come the President and Vice President. Flanking the Chief Executive is his guard of honor, the men of Battery D, th field artillery with whom he served as Captain in the first World War.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in the car of Army Secretary, Kenneth Royall. Behind him march the future General the [inaudible ] Battalion of West Point. Men of the Marine Corp march down the broad Avenue which today is a parade ground for every branch of the armed services.
More than planes in all. The parade includes not only the military, but is a panorama of American life. One of them, a wagon drawn by Missouri mules. From Massachusetts comes a float honoring the early American settlers who landed on the shores of that state. Supplying the music are more than 40 bands and many drum and bugle corp. Near the White House, the excitement mounts as the Chief Executive approaches. The President gets a rousing ovation as he prepares to leave his car and take his place on the reviewing stand.
For nearly three hours the President and Vice President stand together acknowledging the [inaudible ] of their countrymen. Another group presents the Chief Executive with a special gift: a brand new cowboy hat.
The President is cheered by the citizens of Lamar, Missouri the town in which he was born. State by state, group by group people from each of the 48 states of the union honor Harry S. Colorful pageant moves on Inauguration Day expresses the mood of a nation, a country striving for a peaceful world yet, mindful of the military need to make and keep that peace. Host: A look at past presidential inaugurations continues now with Dwight.
The speech detailed four major steps in how to approach the ending of World War II. First, he advocated giving support to the United Nations and its entities, and looking for ways to make them stronger.
Second, he stated that the US would continue programs to aid in world economic recovery. And, fourth, he encouraged beginning a new program that would make scientific and industrial advances available to improve underdeveloped areas. His entire proposal involved the US being a large part of the help against the struggle of an unsafe and unfree world.
President Truman: I Harry S. This collection focuses on President Harry S. Truman's Point Four Program. The collection includes 57 documents totaling pages covering the years through Supporting materials include photographs, oral history transcripts and public papers.
Conflicting Views of Point IV. The Point Four Program. Documents Displaying 1 - 55 of 55 documents. Correspondence Between Harry S. Truman and E. David Lloyd to Joseph Rauh, with Attachment. David Lloyd to Samuel Hayes. Memorandum for the Files of David Lloyd. Memorandum, Charles S. Murphy to Harry S. Memorandum, David Lloyd to Charles Murphy. Press Release, Speech by John R. Report, Advisory Committee on Technical Assistance. Richardson to Harry S. Harry S. Truman to Nelson Rockefeller, with Related Material.
Memorandum to Harry S. Truman, with Attachment. Memorandum, Charles Ross to Donald Dawson. Memorandum, David Lloyd to George Elsey. Memorandum, Dean Acheson to Harry S. Memorandum, George Elsey to Charles Murphy.
Memorandum, George Elsey to David Lloyd. Memorandum, James Webb to Harry S. Memorandum, Point Four Committee. Press Release. Truman and Christine Hardy. Truman and D. Truman and Nelson Rockefeller, with Related Material. Truman, with Related Material. Truman to Edwin Locke, with Related Material. James Webb to Harry S. William Foster to Harry S.
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