05/15/1946
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"The excess profits tax was a retroactive tax—December 1st or first of the year, if I remember correctly."
"This means more trained men in uniform, and more planes, tanks, ships, and other military supplies."
"The United States is pledged and determined, along with other free peoples, to cheek aggression and to advance freedom."
"Decisive action, essential to our safety, should not be halted by controversy now."