Sep 6, 1949
The Department of the Navy and the Department of the Interior shall proceed with the plans for the transfer of the administration of the Island of Guam.
Harry Truman
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Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States, serving from April 12, 1945, to January 20, 1953. A member of the Democratic Party, he assumed the presidency after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Truman is known for his decisive leadership during the final months of World War II, including the controversial decision to use atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which contributed to Japan's surrender. He also played a significant role in the early stages of the Cold War, implementing the Truman Doctrine to contain communism and establishing NATO.
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Sep 6, 1949
When the transfer of administration made by this order become effective, the Secretary of the Interior shall take such action as may be necessary and appropriate.
Sep 4, 1949
The 80th Congress had been hitting sledge-hammer blows at the very foundations of farm opportunity.
Sep 4, 1949
This Congress will not listen to those who want to tax cooperatives out of existence.
Sep 4, 1949
It is urgent that we modernize our price support laws or we shall face unmanageable surpluses.
Sep 4, 1949
The plain fact is that everyone should be interested in the welfare of the farmers.
Sep 4, 1949
The majority of the 81st Congress are going ahead building for the future.
Sep 4, 1949
Good incomes for farmers are good for the workers who make the things the farmers buy.
Sep 4, 1949
If we want a healthy and prosperous economy, there must be economic opportunity, not just for the fortunate few, but for all of us.
Sep 4, 1949
I am happy to be here today with the American Veterans of World War II.
Sep 2, 1949
Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby find and proclaim, on the basis of the investigation and report of the United States Tariff Commission, that changed circumstances require the further…
Aug 31, 1949
It has not finished the first session yet, and it still has the other session to go. I think its record will be all right when they are finished.
Aug 31, 1949
Certainly -- certainly. That was absolutely the wrong way to go about it.
Aug 31, 1949
I can't answer that question until after the primary, if they have a primary. I don't know whether they have a primary there or not.
Aug 31, 1949
When you are reasonable you can always come to a conclusion that will work.
Aug 31, 1949
I certainly was. I wrote him a letter and told him I hoped he would run, so of course I am pleased he decided to do it.
Aug 31, 1949
I think that the Secretary of Defense, in the long run, probably will have the final say on that.
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