The President's News Conference
09/12/1951
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We have not retreated in the face of this threat.
Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vest...
The weapons of destruction have become so powerful and so terrible that we can't even think of another all-out war.
This is a most important election.