08/16/1950
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"I have had no official communication on the subject, so I can't comment on it."
"The denial of self-government does not befit the national capital of the world's largest and most powerful democracy."
"I would say no. I made that very plain in the statement that I made."
"I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby urge the people of the United States to observe Thursday, May 22, 1952, as National Maritime Day by displaying the flag of the ..."