The President's News Conference
06/12/1945
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Of course I would. I wouldn't be discourteous to anybody. I never have been.
The Constitution is a living force--it is a growing thing.
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...
The ultimate responsibility is mine in any event.