The President's News Conference
02/16/1949
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Of course I would. I wouldn't be discourteous to anybody. I never have been.
I hope I will always deserve it.
It was suggested, and I decided that it wouldn't serve any good purpose, it would be just a piece of demagoguery; and th...
I can't see any good purpose to be served by that.