Address in Madison at the University of Wisconsin
10/13/1948
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We have not retreated in the face of this threat.
I am concerned that the program outlined above be initiated at the earliest practicable date.
Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vest...
It is an office that is without parallel in the history of the world.