Proclamation 2719—Army Day and Army Week, 1947
03/06/1947
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The ultimate responsibility is mine in any event.
My decision should not be interpreted as establishing any new pattern or policy.
The time has come now for you to choose our successors and to elect a Congress to serve with them.
I am concerned that the program outlined above be initiated at the earliest practicable date.