dr. dreyfus, i have distinguished guests on the platform and the distinguished members of the audience, it'sand an honor for me to be here, just prior to the winter carnival. i say prior to it, i'm afraid if i got here during the carnival somebody would ask me to ski. i -- [ laughter and applause ] >> i remember the first time i met bob hope in the year 1952, right after having been nominated for the vice presidency. and we were sitting together at a dinner and photographers came up and they said, look at each other, you know, that's how they are, to get you in some silly pose. they're the only ones they'll use, at least with me in them. anyway, we finally turned to each other, and bob hope, with that wonderful humor of himself. he has writers, but he can think too. said, you know, senator when we get our noses together, what a wonderful ad for sun valley. [ laughter ] just to set the record straight on skiing, i did try it once, but i'm not going to try it now. i have only one knee to give to my country. [ applause ] now we come directly to the subjects of interest and perhaps what i can do