 I'm pleased to be able to arrange this ceremony, and I'd like to welcome you, members of the family, friends, members of the Congress for a real day, Joe is to me, as I think he is to all members of the national and the nation who is in need of it, and great inspiration and hope for the pleasure that he's given us is just the beginning of a long list of contributions that he made to his country. He'll be remembered, of course, for his incredible career in defending his title, World Heavyweight Champion, 25 times, and great many champions have not risked losing their title that much. And he held the title from 1937 to 1948. He'll also be remembered for breaking the barrier of racial segregation in professional sports, and selflessly enlisting World War II with the prime of his career holding that title. And incidentally, it should be known that he defended that title sometimes as a $54 among the private in which all of the proceeds went to army emergency relief, and none to him, and he could have lost the title as anyone could imagine of that kind that he did. But he had been bettered in Farlington National Cemetery, and I knew Joe personally. I had been a sports announcer. I'd be getting first met at that time. And we met again when he was a private and I was the second lieutenant in the war, and both of us were sent from the river where we were serving to Warner Brothers Studio to appear at our army service. Not at any picture centers. In a picture called, This is the Army, written by Irving Berlin, and the proceeds of which all went to army emergency relief. But I think a lot of people will remember a night in Madison Square Garden, and it was a cruel-bound rally, and all the greats of show business and public life were there in the stage of this great audience in Madison Square Garden. And it was a loud talk, of course, about our being on our side. And Private Joe Lewis was introduced by George E. Jessel, and walked out on stage and said one sentence that got a tremendous standing ovation from Madison. He was the only one in the first one to say, I know we'll win because we're on God's side. The day I'm happy to get to show this nation's deep appreciation for the man who was instilled in this inspiration to all the friends presenting to you this week. I know Joe would love to be here to receive this honor, but now that he's gone, his memory lingers on, and we'll never forget him. And as prayer raised the President, and Joe said at Madison Square Garden, we'll win because we're on God's side. We'll win because of God's. I can't ask you a question like anybody else. Great, but since you're from Detroit, they're having a program in Detroit for Joe's birthday. Do you mind having a picture in his stomach? We're having a dinner. Oh, very good. And his tray, this is his old-time secretary. Oh, if I had one, you'd make that fake. Do you want it? These are my two sons, James and Michael. Michael's the real man. Hello there. My husband, Ken. And that's Lepi right there. And he's going to be fascinated by those cameras. Actually, she'll learn to ignore the mis-timers. It is a genuine honor to meet you, but you have to be faster on your own. We've supported you since day one, and we're working to help you so much. You're not perfect. No, I'm sorry. I wish you well, and I'll be right over there for the future. Yes, I think that'll be great. I think married women have the broadest sphere of influence in the world. Do you know that it's the result aspects of the world? So I think it might be kind of socially significant to get married, ladies. I think they run the whole program. I'll go over it back. Okay. Why don't you come around and why don't we have a good family picture here? Thank you, gentlemen. Thank you, sir. Mr. President, would you like to introduce Mrs. Bichera, National Auxiliary President, who will provide you with more veterans? Mr. President, nice to see you. Thank you, sir. I see you want to have an extraction. We're a great part of the program. Thank you. I remember years in my ranch, my partner in the ranch was a former Captain of the Italian Cavalry in Italy. You know what I'm telling you. And the ride of Periani Saddle, the forward seat, which was created by an Italian that you have to pick for the 1905 in Italy, which has been adopted all over the world, has the proper seat for riding. As a group, personally. We're very proud of you today. We're from Massachusetts. And one thanks for us for ourselves. You stand your way. I'm Jeff Bell. I'm a citizen of the United States. I'm Roger Stone. I'm a citizen of the United States. I'm Yuri Jarman. I'm a Christian voice. I'm Mark Holtz, a citizen from America. I'm Curtis Mac. I'm a citizen of the Republic. There you go, Nick Mac. Your name again? I'm Christian Broadcasting Networks Freedom Council. Henry Walder with the United States National Committee. Ron Godden, Dr. Falwell. Ron Robinson, Young Americans Foundation. John Visure, American Pure Example. Andy Moritz, National Center for Public Policy. The National Center for Colleges from America. I'll show this back to you. Sorry to be late. I just had a little ceremony over at the State Department honoring the Marines who guard our embassies. And each year the outstanding detachments are picked. And we had a little ceremony honoring them in the Marine Band Play and why I'm all set up. But we've got it all. So it's given you gold medal that Congress has approved to the widow of Joe Lewis from the World Championships. I knew him. Back in the days when I was a sports announcer later in Hollywood in the Army when we were both in that. But I know that you're being grieved on some of the things I just want to say here that I want to thank so many of you for what your people and your scores did following Wednesday night's speech and the outpouring that I think led to quite a happy result yesterday in the Congress. But hasn't said this to you already. We still need you and we need all the support you can get from Congress because while they passed an authorization, they did not pass an appropriation. And this would die in a matter of it would be there in paper but there wouldn't be any money to back it up. So we're going to have to and we think we still will. Those who nearly defeated in New York so strong are undoubtedly going to try to pass the appropriation pass. So we'll take all the help and support we can get in this. I know that you're aware that I'm sure you are that our policy in Central America is going to, we think is long overdue and that it does involve not only providing security for people who are trying to bring about democratic reforms there but it involves eliminating if we can over a period of time the causes that have made them so susceptible to subversion and influences of that kind up until now and for I guess a century or more most of the revolutions are all but the one in El Salvador I think generally have taken the form of simply exchanging one set of rulers for another set of rulers and lastly got a toe hold for democracy there and I think it is in our national and the world interest for us to move on that. We can't ask greater reforms than we have obtained so far as long as they're doing it under fire and being shot at. As I pointed out my special land reform doesn't mean very much as the farmer that gets the land knows he can't go out and cultivate it and get shot by the Roy and the Bushes. But I don't want to keep talking here and I know our time is limited so. Mr. President.