And that, fellow Americans, is where it counts. And only three weeks ago, in the Gulf of Tonkin, when Hanoi and Peking felt the sting of President Johnson's determination. Now they too know differently.

I say to Barry Goldwater, that's exactly where it counts.

And now as for the feuding that took place on whose finger should be on the trigger of the atomic bomb—that power today rests with the President of the United States. And that's exactly where it should be. And that's where we Democrats intend to keep it. Keep it there safe, with President Lyndon B. Johnson.

As chairman of the Joint Committee of the Congress on Atomic Energy, I believe that I have some understanding of the awesome power of nuclear and thermonuclear weapons. Only a short while ago, I stood on an American airfield, and I saw one of those 1,100 planes that President Johnson just talked about on the film that you saw. That plana was on a 15‐minute alert That plane had two hydrogen bombs. And there was more power in those bombs than all of the power that was dropped in World War II.

And when I hear anyone speak glibly and loosely about whose finger should be on the trigger, I become concerned. And I become concerned when people talk about who should make the decision; for in an all‐out atomic war, there won't be any winner.

And surely weapons of this tremendous magnitude should be used only as a last resort. And then solely and strictly on the decision of the President of the United States.

For the challenge of our time, the challenge of our time is to maintain peace with honor and to avert a thermonuclear holocaust, for if an all‐out atomic war ever comes, please understand, please understand, that every home, every kitchen, every cradle could well become a cemetery.

The sanity of America is the security of the world. Ours is a world in ferment. It is a world of 3 billion people with new freedome and old hates.