Education: Knowledge for Peace

At the White House, last week, a group of foreign students assembled to hear a little speech by the President. "We want you," said the President, "to study in the friendliest of atmospheres and go back to your country with the certainty that what you are carrying back is not only a new understanding in nuclear science and reactor engineering, but a new understanding of the friendship that all America feels toward each of your countries."

Dwight Eisenhower had good reason to take such an interest in the visitors. Their appearance in the U.S. is...

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