10/18/1948
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"Pan American solidarity must prove itself to be in fact a bulwark of peace."
"In the postwar world these American Republics will reaffirm the bold stand for democracy with which they have resisted the forces of reaction from abroad during the last decade."
"The United Nations has now been launched on its career."
"Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman,President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of the United States to observe May 22, 1946 as National Maritime Day by displaying the fla..."