The President's News Conference
01/10/1951
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This ceremony could be no more than a magnificent burial.
You can't run the Government without it.
It was suggested, and I decided that it wouldn't serve any good purpose, it would be just a piece of demagoguery; and th...
I am appreciative of the privilege that General Smith has offered me, to come over here and make a few remarks to this o...