The President's News Conference
12/27/1950
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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...
The Constitution is a living force--it is a growing thing.
I hereby direct all departments and agencies of the Government to cooperate with the Secretary of State in the execution...
The ultimate responsibility is mine in any event.