Harry Truman: “I hereby exempt the said William E. Lee from compulsory retirement for age for an indefinite period of time not…”

I do not. General MacArthur is in the Army, and on active duty, and if he has anything that is of use to the Defense Department, he ought to tell them so they can make use of it.

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.

The experience of this early period of public action showed that constant vigilance and competent professional guidance are essential to prevent irreparable losses.

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.