My fellow citizens, my subject tonight is science and national security. Originally, this talk was to be part of one I intend to make in Oklahoma City next week; however, I found that I could not possibly deal with the subject in just one address. So tonight, I shall concentrate on the most
Immediate aspects of this question of the relationship of science to the defenses of our country. First, let me tell you what I'm going to do in this
talk and in my next. I'm going to lay the facts before you, the rough with the smooth. Some of these security facts are reassuring. Others are not;
they are sternly demanding. Some require that we resolutely continue lines of action now well begun. Others require new action, and still others
new dimensions of effort. After putting these facts and requirements before you, I shall propose a program of action, a program that will
demand the energetic support of not just the government, but every American, if we are to make it successful.
First then, some facts about our present security posture. It is one of great strength, but by no means should this assurance satisfy any of us.
Our defenses must be adequate not just today, but tomorrow and in all the years to come
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower, speech given on national television, August 7, 1957
What were two direct results of the issues presented by Elsenhower in his speech?
the passage of the National Defense Education Act
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the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act
the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
the creation of the House Un-American Activities Committee