07/28/1949
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"To this end, I recommended unification of the armed forces to the Congress in December, 1945."
"I have recently given considerable attention to the question of the appropriate organization of the executive branch for civil defense."
"It's time for us old 'fuds' to begin to go, and let the next generation come into its own."
"Under present conditions the essential need of the Federal Government in the area of civil defense is peacetime planning and preparation for civil defense in the event of war, rather than operation of..."