Harry Truman: “I feel sure that the people of this country expect this major undertaking to be accomplished by the best qualified…”

I wouldn't take any, now. It's a little late.

I feel the Committee has done a thorough job of investigation and I wish to call your attention to these suggestions, some of which, I am sure, would be helpful.

Mrs. Beth Campbell Short may be appointed to a permanent competitive position in the classified civil service of the United States without regard to the competitive provisions of the Civil Service Rules and Regulations.

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.