The shape and the aims of government. The second State of the Union message -- The third State of the Union message -- The work done and the work still to do -- The continuing struggle for peace. Constant readiness for fair negotiations -- Nuclear testing and disarmament -- What kind of peace do we want? -- The test ban treaty announced -- The tasks of the United Nations -- The test ban treaty signed -- The meaning of the test ban treaty -- Points of international danger. The vital importance of West Berlin -- Matsu and Quemoy : the basic American position -- American surveillance -- Cuba quarantined and Khrushchev challenged -- The bombers are withdrawn -- Ich bin ein Berliner -- Interdependence. Trade as a strengthener of free nations -- The doctrine of national independence -- Partnership with Germany and a united Europe -- The defense of West Berlin and West Germany -- American ties with Ireland -- Italy, NATO and European unity -- World involvement is irreversible -- The family of man -- Latin America and the Alliance for Progress. The cooperative effort of our great free nations -- A task for a decade -- How much real progress in Latin America? -- Central America and the development of progressive societies -- Harsh facts of poverty and social injustice -- Race relations and civil rights. James Meredith and the University of Mississippi -- The end of federal discrimination in housing -- The ballot, education, fair employment and other rights -- The racial clash in Birmingham -- The moral issue of equal rights for all colors -- Southern progress in school desegregation -- The nation's economy : business, agriculture, taxes and the role of government. The chaos of American transportation -- Steel prices and the public interest -- Steel : profits, modernization and investment -- Attitude toward business -- Myths respecting American government -- Avoiding the deficit of stagnation -- Farmers and farm life -- How shall we keep our manpower employed? -- The urgency of tax reduction -- We have helped capital, not soaked it -- Science and education. For more exercise and less "spectation" -- Education and world order -- What the coming army officer will need -- Science, space and the new education -- The urgency of better education -- Our educational deficiencies and the remedy -- The lives of one million young Americans -- Science as a guide of public policy -- Postscript. Undelivered speech for the Dallas Citizens Council, the Dallas Assembly and the Graduate Research Center of the Southwest in Dallas.