Any orderly balance-sheet of military strength must be in two parts. The first is the position as of today. The second is the position in the period ahead.

We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength.

Together we can and should unite our strength for the wise preservation, not of races in general, but of the one race we all constitute - the human race.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 gave Negroes some part of their rightful dignity, but without the vote it was dignity without strength.

Now this brings me to my main topic - our military strength - more specifically, how to stay strong against threat from outside, without undermining the economic health that supports our security.

The churches of America are citadels of our faith in individual freedom and human dignity. This faith is the living source of all our spiritual strength. And this strength is our matchless armor in our world-wide struggle against the forces of godless tyranny and oppression.