There is a large can in our cellar which I intend to fill with clean fresh water. We know it is possible at any time that we may have to survive an atomic attack. The can is our emergency water. For 1957 is another year in the so called “Cold War,” with Russia. Her captive countries and the East form one armed camp.... half the world. The United States, Western Europe and the countries of the Northern Hemisphere form another armed camp. The conflict seems to resolve itself down to this: Communism, and its aggressive expansion vs. Freedom, and the wish of Democracies to maintain their integrity. 9/21/57 — Michael walks around telling daddy that “we’re pals,” he just adores his daddy terribly much. 12/28/57 — God grant that these two systems will learn to live together in peace, and that someday in the time of my children, they can learn to work together for the common good of all men. And, yet, even in the contemplation of somber possibilities? I am optimis- tic. I believe man will find his way through the darkness. I even speculate on some of the things which may come to press in the next Fifty years or so. Children, some of the things I speculate on may be accomplished by the time you read and understand this. But you might be interested in some of the things the world looks forward to in 1957.
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