Presents. We are privileged, we are a privileged few, who are not only at the white house, the very center of the planning strategically for our nations future, but we are also, those who have been chosen, to focus our knowledge and our experience on the challenges that longevity has presented itself am our nations future. That is quite a dramatic challenge, you all are aware of that. But im convinced that we are all up to the task before us that we have today. I served as a dell fwat to the 1961 white house conference. [ applause ]. Egate to the 1961 white house conference. [ applause ]. Thats why thats why im hanging on to the rails. [ laughter ] there are over 3,000 delegates at that time. We werent privileged to be in the white house. We were serving is the white house. We were divided into 13 specific sectional areas and a we had great discussions. As a matter of fact, although the convictions were strong, maybe thats not the word, i should say they were passionate, but delegates