Address in Madison at the University of Wisconsin
10/13/1948
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I was answering to the point of the welfare of the country, and that's what's at stake.
The thought of seizing press and radio has never occurred to me.
We need all these things and need them fast before we can begin to feel reasonably secure about the defense of the United States.
I am transmitting herewith for the attention of the Congress the first Annual Report of the Federal Civil Defense Administration.