On the recordJuly 18, 1949
I felt, when we had adopted that document, and when hostilities had ceased, that we would arrive at that peace for which we all had prayed since 1941.
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presidency.ucsb.eduI felt, when we had adopted that document, and when hostilities had ceased, that we would arrive at that peace for which we all had prayed since 1941.
Remarks in Chicago at the Shriners Diamond Jubilee Banquet.
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