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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jun 10, 1949

The brave men who lost their lives in those wars would approve of the way you have chosen to honor them.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 25, 1949

We are humbly aware that only through divine guidance can we hope to attain the understanding necessary for averting wars and achieving a peaceful world.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 20, 1949

President Truman emphasized the past record of interdependence of the two countries, in times of peace and war.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 21, 1949

I felt it my duty to bring to your attention that the expenditures that are being made for peace are in the hope that we won't have to make a war expenditure, and that they have to be made unless we want to begin to prepare for war.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 9, 1948

Your contribution in devising means and furnishing provisions for the relief of hunger and want in countries devastated by the war has been of highest importance.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Mar 16, 1948

We must be prepared to pay the price for peace, or assuredly we shall pay the price of war.

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Franklin Roosevelt
@franklinroosevelt· Democratic · NY· Aug 30, 1942

Battles cannot be fought and won without cost—we know that—and the cost may be heavy in ships and in men.

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Franklin Roosevelt
@franklinroosevelt· Democratic · NY· Aug 30, 1942

Without this work of conditioning, flesh and blood could not possibly meet the demands of this modern war.

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Franklin Roosevelt
@franklinroosevelt· Democratic · NY· Aug 18, 1942

The Secretary of War is authorized and directed immediately to take possession of and operate the plant of the S.A. Woods Machine Company located at South Boston, Massachusetts.

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Franklin Roosevelt
@franklinroosevelt· Democratic · NY· Jul 24, 1942

The Board is hereby authorized and empowered to control, in the interest of the furtherance of the war purpose, all solicitations, sales of, or offers to sell merchandise or services.

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Franklin Roosevelt
@franklinroosevelt· Democratic · NY· Jul 24, 1942

This Order shall remain in force during the continuance of the present war and for six months after the termination thereof, unless revoked by Presidential order.

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Franklin Roosevelt
@franklinroosevelt· Democratic · NY· Jul 8, 1942

it is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 325A of May 18, 1905, be, and the same is hereby, suspended for the period of the war and for six months thereafter

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Franklin Roosevelt
@franklinroosevelt· Democratic · NY· Jun 29, 1942

I hereby suspend, effective July 1, 1942, compliance with the provisions of the said sections during the continuance of any of the wars in which the United States is now engaged.

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Franklin Roosevelt
@franklinroosevelt· Democratic · NY· Jun 12, 1942

Consistent with the war information policies of the President and with the foreign policy of the United States.

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Franklin Roosevelt
@franklinroosevelt· Democratic · NY· Jun 12, 1942

The Committee on War Information Policy shall formulate basic policies and plans on war information.

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