The President's News Conference
02/16/1949
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I feel it is necessary for me to exercise the final authority in the coal case.
Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vest...
It is an office that is without parallel in the history of the world.
The time has come now for you to choose our successors and to elect a Congress to serve with them.