On the recordMay 30, 1946
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We have discovered that the Constitution does not prevent us from correcting social injustice, or advancing the general welfare.
I am appreciative of the privilege that General Smith has offered me, to come over here and make a few remarks to this organization.
It was suggested, and I decided that it wouldn't serve any good purpose, it would be just a piece of demagoguery; and that is what it turned out to be.
It would have involved us in all-out war in the Far East, and we have been strenuously trying to avoid that all the time.