Harry Truman: “He is another good man. He would make a good President.”

That is his duty. That is his duty.

I hereby direct all departments and agencies of the Government to cooperate with the Secretary of State in the execution of his authority under this proclamation and any subsequent proclamation, rule, regulation, or order issued in…

It was suggested, and I decided that it wouldn't serve any good purpose, it would be just a piece of demagoguery; and that is what it turned out to be.

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.