Harry Truman

In his relations with the Congress, Mr. Acheson fostered a responsive relationship between the Executive and Legislative Branches of the Government in the field of foreign affairs.

We should be taking steps to provide additional aids to housing, rather than eliminating the aids which have been in effect.

He brought to the councils of government a long view and a genius for bold design typified by the Acheson-Lilienthal plan for international control of atomic energy.

He exerted his distinguished advocacy to rally his fellow citizens in favor of the delivery of American destroyers to beleaguered Britain.

A basic weakness of the rent control provisions of the Act is the so-called 'voluntary' increase of 15 percent in cases where the landlord and tenant enter into a lease that will continue until December 31, 1948.

It is clear that this legislation marks a step backward in our efforts to protect tenants against unjustified rent increases arising out of war conditions.

I have chosen the lesser of two evils.

Our National Government must show the way.

We must and shall guarantee the civil rights of all our citizens.

We must not tolerate such limitations on the freedom of any of our people and on their enjoyment of basic rights which every citizen in a truly democratic society must possess.

Eveрy man should have the right to a decent home, the right to an education, the right to adequate medical care, the right to a worthwhile job, the right to an equal share in making the public decisions through the ballot, and the fight to…

We must make the Federal Government a friendly, vigilant defender of the rights and equalities of all Americans.

The Attorney General is looking into the coal situation as it develops.

The statement speaks for itself. Read it very carefully.

That should be passed.

The case has not been put up to me.

Well, I will let you know immediately as soon as I am ready to put it out.

I certainly do. I think it is absolutely necessary for the peace of the world and the welfare of this country.

Mr. Cooper was just making a report on conditions in Peru to me.

There has been no definite arrangement made for a visit to Brazil.

Your question is answered in the statement that I have just made about this.

You see, I served 10 years in the Congress.

I made that request, I think, a little over a year ago.

No one is at present being considered for any of these jobs.

I would like to go to Brazil, conference or no conference.