Harry Truman

It is believed that the 'earmarking' of Federal tax revenues, as provided in the bill, constitutes undesirable tax and fiscal policy.

Prudent expenditure policy would indicate that the amount of funds to be expended should be subject to continuous budgetary and legislative appraisal.

I recommend its favorable consideration by the Congress.

It is desirable to revise the existing salary schedules for these positions both in the Veterans Administration and in other agencies.

We want you to feel most welcome and entirely at home among us as you continue your invaluable work in behalf of all the peoples of the American Republics.

I fully support the principles and objectives outlined by him on that occasion.

It would be most unfortunate if the final action on these related pieces of legislation should result in any such discrepancies.

We intend increasingly to help one another in the efforts of each to help himself.

We have demonstrated how much can be accomplished when nations temper their national aspirations with concern for the interests of all.

The 'earmarking' of tax collections amounts to preferential treatment of certain taxpayers and tends to weaken effective budgetary control of expenditures.

I have today approved H.R. 6022, 'to increase the rates of compensation of certain employees of the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans Administration, and for other purposes.'

Consequently, I recommend that the Congress, in completing its action on the revision of the Classification Act, make the rates contained in that legislation applicable to the positions covered by H.R. 6022.

I am very happy to welcome you to this country on behalf of the Government and the people of the United States.

I extend to you the hospitality and good will of the people of the United States, with the hope that your visit among us will leave you with the firm conviction that we are indeed your warm friends.

I greet you not only as the chief minister of your government, but also as the loved and respected leader of a great nation of free people.

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the said International Organizations Immunities Act, I hereby revoke the said Executive Orders Nos. 9698, 9751, and 9823 so far as they pertain, respectively, to the…

No other nation in the history of the world, with the most terrible weapon in its possession, has ever been known to do anything of that sort.

I don't think anybody knows what will be in that bill until it gets here.

I hope there won't have to be an arms race.

I always try to answer your questions straight from the shoulder, try to tell you the truth, and when I can't answer them, I don't answer them.

There have been no arrangements made.

I never get annoyed with you.

You are an excellent reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and you ought to know.

Read my message on it, and you will find exactly what the party program is on the farm bill.

That's a matter for the Secretary of the Navy to handle.