The President's News Conference
08/16/1950
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Unity is imperative on the economic front.
The United States is pledged and determined, along with other free peoples, to cheek aggression and to advance freedom.
This means more trained men in uniform, and more planes, tanks, ships, and other military supplies.
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 3650(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, it is hereby ordered that the Virgin Islands be att...