Harry Truman: “I don't know enough about that situation to give you an gent answer.”

Mrs. Beth Campbell Short may be appointed to a permanent competitive position in the classified civil service of the United States without regard to the competitive provisions of the Civil Service Rules and Regulations.

The Constitution is a living force--it is a growing thing.

It is my fervent hope as I leave the Office of the Presidency that recent reckless attacks which can destroy that great asset will subside and that we will continue to go forward in creating a skilled corps of men and women with a public…

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.