01/04/1949
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"The program of highway safety must be expanded and intensified."
"I appreciate your coming, and I hope that you will continue to enjoy yourselves as long as you are in this country, and that you will have a happy trip home."
"I will announce it when we are ready to make the appointment."
"Yes, I have had several women under consideration for Ambassadors to several countries, but I am not ready to make an announcement yet."