Douglas Edwards with the News (CBS) - 1961-01-17

Name: Douglas Edwards with the News (CBS) - 1961-01-17
Uploaded: 2023-07-04
Duration: 790 s
Channel: malgent
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Uploaded: 2023-07-04

Duration: PT790S

Read a transcript preview of “Douglas Edwards with the News (CBS) - 1961-01-17” from malgent, uploaded on 2023-07-04.

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Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)

[0:00] president of the United States Dwight D

[0:02] Eisenhower who spoke this evening from

[0:04] his office in the White House

[0:10] good evening everybody this is Douglas

[0:12] Edwards as you just heard President

[0:14] Eisenhower and his last good night to

[0:16] the American people as president

[0:18] cautioned against two threats to our

[0:21] democracy the first threat he defined as

[0:23] unwarranted influence by an immense

[0:25] military establishment and a vast

[0:27] armaments industry whether sought or

[0:30] unsought and he also cautioned against

[0:32] letting public policy become the captive

[0:35] of a scientific and technological Elite

[0:37] he said that while we must respect

[0:39] scientific research and development like

[0:42] the military the influence of the

[0:44] scientific must be molded and balanced

[0:46] within the democratic system the

[0:48] president combined prayerful words for

[0:51] his successor with a warning that the

[0:53] struggle with Communism will be long and

[0:55] not subject to any miraculous solution

[0:58] he said he would never cease to do what

[1:00] little I can to achieve peace and

[1:02] disarmament with mutual honor and

[1:04] confidence Mr Eisenhower spoke from a

[1:07] White House office already stripped of

[1:09] most of his personal belonging things

[1:10] including his oil paintings

[1:13] tomorrow you'll hold a farewell news

[1:15] conference on Thursday he will discuss

[1:17] transition problems for the second time

[1:19] with president-elect John Kennedy on

[1:22] Friday he will attend the inauguration

[1:24] services and shortly after lunch he will

[1:26] leave with Mrs Eisenhower for Gettysburg

[1:28] Pennsylvania a private citizen

[1:30] completing 50 years of national service

[1:34] on th