Remarks at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner
02/23/1949
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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...
This ceremony could be no more than a magnificent burial.
I wouldn't take any, now. It's a little late.
There is hereby established a medal to be known as the National Security Medal with accompanying ribbons and appurtenanc...