05/14/1948
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"I will discuss that at a little later date."
"Dear Colonel Johnson: The transportation facilities of the nation are now called upon for the most gigantic task in all the history of transportation."
"In order to do this job most of our soldiers will be transported the full length of the American continent."
"This Government is rich enough to pay its employees an adequate salary, and they ought to do it."