06/01/1949
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"It's a pleasure to have you here again, and to meet you all."
"It took us about 80 years to get a good start and to make it operate, and we are still trying to make it operate efficiently."
"The Council is intended to keep us abreast of trends nationally and internationally."
"We have Government principally to act as, say, an umpire, to see that everybody gets a square deal."