Harry Truman

I have received no such letter.

Robert Ewing Thomason was the name sent down this afternoon.

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid act of September 25, 1941, do declare and proclaim:

You can make any an interpretation from my speeches you want, but so far as legislation is concerned I don't comment on it until it's here!

That has been on the agenda this year, but these things are only in contemplation.

There is no question that sections 361, 365, and 366 of the revised statutes did not have to be included in the resolution to accomplish the objective of the sponsor of the resolution.

I can't--I haven't read it-I can't make any comment on it, because I don't know.

Yes, I signed that this morning, I think.

When I was in the Senate, I voted for such a bill.

I had made no such plan, that's the best way to put it.

That is a matter for the National Democratic Committee to decide.

I have informed the Senate committee that specific documents that they want from my files I shall always give to them.

This order shall become effective June 1, 1947.

Any authority vested in the Temporary Controls Administrator in pursuance of Section 120 of the National Defense Act of 1916 (with respect to placing compulsory orders for products or materials) is withdrawn and terminated.

The Office of Temporary Controls, established by Executive Order No. 9809 of December 12, 1946, shall be terminated and disposition shall be made of its functions according to the provisions of this order.

Executive Order No. 09705 of March 15, 1946 (as modified by Executive Orders No. 9762 and 9809) is revoked.

I am confident that this was not the intention of the Congress and it is for this reason that I am withholding my approval of the legislation.

It is ordered that Executive Order No. 9492 of October 24, 1944, as amended by Executive Orders No. 9629 of September 25, 1945, No. 9714, of April 20, 1946, and No. 9792 of October 23, 1946, prescribing regulations governing non-military…

I am withholding my approval of the Resolution (S.J. Res. 97) 'Limiting the application of provisions of Federal law to counsel employed under S. Res. 46.

The approach in our dealing--dealings with the Russian Government--I am being very frank with you--must be an approach that is right from our viewpoint, and we have got to stand for what we believe is right.

And another thing I want to say to you gentlemen is that the fact that we have a bipartisan foreign policy is due to the fact that Cordell Hull, way back in the early part of his administration, began calling in the members of the Foreign…

I was exceedingly happy that this country had a press that could say and do what it pleased under the law.

I always try, so far as I am capable, to give a truthful answer, and as nearly as I can to state the facts.

I appreciate highly, I can't tell you how much I do appreciate the fact that you have placed this matter before the country in a manner that they understood.

It has been a most difficult 2 years in arriving at a solution of the problems with which the world is faced.