Harry Truman: “I will attend to the rest of it when the bill gets to me.”

I believe that the report is of great value.

I do not. General MacArthur is in the Army, and on active duty, and if he has anything that is of use to the Defense Department, he ought to tell them so they can make use of it.

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 experience of this early period of public action showed that constant vigilance and competent professional guidance are essential to prevent irreparable losses.