Harry Truman: “The request hasn't reached me yet. I will answer that question whenever the request reaches me.”

This ceremony could be no more than a magnificent burial.

That is his duty. That is his duty.

It would have involved us in all-out war in the Far East, and we have been strenuously trying to avoid that all the time.

I am happy to join with you in the recognition of the 70th Anniversary of the establishment of the Federal Civil Service merit system.