07/20/1949
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"We have a White House Correspondents' Association presided over by Mr. Ross, and I promised Mr. Ross faithfully that my remarks would be confined to the manuscript, which I have just read."
"I, Harry S. Truman,President of the United States of America, do hereby designate May 1, 1949, as Child Health-Day"
"I don't remember having received such a telegram."
"Whenever it comes time to make the announcement on that--what I intended to imply was that I will make the announcement so that everybody will have it at once, if an announcement is necessary."