The President's News Conference
08/24/1949
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As far as I am concerned.
I hereby direct all departments and agencies of the Government to cooperate with the Secretary of State in the execution...
We know that large reserves of generating capacity are vital to economic health and to national security.
It was suggested, and I decided that it wouldn't serve any good purpose, it would be just a piece of demagoguery; and th...