Pres. Eisenhower's State of the Union messages to Congress, 1953-1960

OnTheIssues.org excerpts:  (click on issues for details)

Budget & Economy     Eliminate the deficit and check the menace of inflation.     Danger of inflation if government is profligate.

Civil Rights     Segregation in federal activities is on the way out.     Segregation in federal activities is on the way out.     Create civil rights division in the Department of Justice.

Corporations     Replace wage and price controls with free-market prices.

Education     Establish recognizable standards for teachers and teaching.     Antarctica Treaty: free and cooperative scientific research.

Environment     Protect and improve our national forests, parks, & fisheries.

Foreign Policy     Mutual security means mutual cooperation against Communism.     The world has shrunk; interests now interdependent worldwide.

Free Trade     Foreign policy should recognize importance of world trade.     As greatest trading nation, extend Trade Agreements Act.

Government Reform     Lower the voting age to 18.

Health Care     Private plans instead of socialization of medicine.     Science for Peace: eradicate malaria by world cooperation.

Homeland Security     Supply states for civil defense preparedness.     Ferret out and to destroy Communist subversion at home.     Safety through strength, but lay foundations of real peace.

Immigration     Change immigration quotas to be less discriminatory.

Jobs     Increase minimum wage to 90 cents per hour; and expand it.

Principles & Values     To grow and flourish people must be free.     America is best described by one word: freedom.     US became great by principles in our religious philosophy.

Social Security     Extend benefits to millions of citizens left out of system.

Tax Reform     Reduce taxes because we reduced spending.

Technology     National Highway Program to meet economic & security needs.     Overcame 1958 recession without hasty public works projects.     Space exploration need not integrate with defense research.

War & Peace     War in Korea part of worldwide Communist aggression.     Soviets are waging total Cold War; build even more missiles.

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