Harry Truman

I am not ready to make that announcement yet.

He is not afraid of you.

I can't comment on them.

Mon comes in to see me.

I want to drink to the health of the first President of the Philippine Republic who has visited the United States of America.

Mr. President, I am extremely happy that you are not going home emptyhearted, and I am very sure you won't go home empty-handed, either.

I return herewith, without my approval, H.R. 5508 - An Act to amend the Army and Air Force Vitalization and Retirement Equalization Act of 1948.

May he live long and happily, and be prosperous as the President of the Philippines.

The Congress and the members of all reserve components may be assured that I would approve a bill limited to the purposes of these sections which seek affirmatively to correct an effect of the 1948 retirement act that was not intended.

The district land office at Carson City, Nevada, shall be discontinued, and the business and necessary archives of that office shall be transferred to a new district land office which shall be established and maintained at Reno, Nevada.

I continue to hold this belief, and in this instance there seems to be no justification for abandoning present practice.

I am returning herewith, without my approval, H.R. 142.

If I were to approve H.R. 5508, I believe my action would defeat both these basic purposes.

The first three sections of this bill are without objection.

I appreciate most highly this presentation, and I shall treasure it all my life, and give it to my daughter.

While it is not sound public policy to charge for all services of the Federal Government on a full cost basis, and many services should be provided free, the Government should receive adequate compensation for certain services primarily of…

I want to offer a toast to the President of the Philippine Republic, and to wish for the complete and entire success of that great Republic.

I hope, Mr. President, that you will enjoy your visit among us, and that you will take back to the Filipino people the warm regards of the people of the United States.

There is a new struggle in the world today, a struggle of ideas, a struggle that ignores national boundaries and even national loyalties.

Gentlemen, this is an historical occasion.

The present occasion is significant, for it is the first time a President of the Philippine Republic has visited the United States.

It was my privilege to be acquainted with the first President of the Philippine Republic, and the second President of the Philippine Republic, and now we have the third President of the Republic of the Philippines, and the first official…

Again our two peoples will be found on the same side in the struggle, which they must accept as a challenge rather than as a threat.

I have an extreme and very close interest in the Philippine Republic, for the simple reason that I happened to be--by the accident of death--President of the United States when the Republic of the Philippines was instituted on July 4, 1946.

It is a great pleasure to welcome you to the United States as a guest of the people of this country.