Harry Truman actually said...

It is the essence of that act, the Selective Service and Training Act of 1940, that no one shall be placed in a favored position.

Veto of Bill Providing for the Deferment of Additional Agricultural Workers.

05/02/1945

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I am returning herewith, without my approval, H.R. 142.

While it is not sound public policy to charge for all services of the Federal Government on a full cost basis, and many services should be p...

I appreciate most highly this presentation, and I shall treasure it all my life, and give it to my daughter.

If I were to approve H.R. 5508, I believe my action would defeat both these basic purposes.