06/18/1952
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"When I get ready to make a power speech, it will be perfectly plain to you."
"I wish to urge upon you and your committee the importance to this Nation and the rest of the free world of undertaking this expansion program without delay."
"I am convinced, therefore, that we must and that we can accomplish the proposed expansion in our atomic energy program."
"I have concluded that I cannot approve this joint resolution, because it would turn over to certain States, as a free gift, very valuable lands and mineral resources of the United States as a whole."