02/04/1948
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"We can win our way through to ultimate triumph if we all pull together."
"The United States is pledged and determined, along with other free peoples, to cheek aggression and to advance freedom."
"This means more trained men in uniform, and more planes, tanks, ships, and other military supplies."
"By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 3650(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, it is hereby ordered that the Virgin Islands be attached to and made a part of the internal revenue collection ..."