These characteristics would include a society which preserves individual initiative. which maintains a free marketplace of ideas. which presents an essentially classless character by offering reasonable equality of opportunity. and which is sustained by free universal education. "Here we cite our past history and presentday richness and strength to prove that a society with an open mind can better welcome the new and original ideas and techniques which" can enrich and have enriched our economy. our culture. and our spirit. Our belief is that the wealth of America lies more in its people than in its mines and fields. The absence of stratification and the presence of opportunities have. in past history. given America a Lincoln from a log cabin. a Knudsen from an immigrant ship. a Carver from slave parentage. and with something approaching reverse English. the socially minded Rockefellers and Harrimans of today fromindustrial robber baron ancestry. "An infinity of variety is made possible. by American freedom of choice. freedom of movement. freedom of opportunity. freedon of idea. and freedom of expression. and out of such variety we have a chance to select the best in terms of industrial progress. political leadership. social gain. and cultural advance." Beyond that. Mr. Chairman. the only thing that I would comment to the committee is that my reason for leaving the Supreme Court of Michigan to take the post of police commissioner of the city of Detroit Is very well known in my State.
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