The President's News Conference
04/02/1946
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I have instructed the Secretary of Defense to take steps to have the remaining instances of discrimination in the armed services eliminated ...
We shall not, however, finally achieve the ideals for which this Nation was founded so long as any American suffers discrimination as a resu...
This gap must be closed.
Our people want good health and are willing to work to achieve it.