Jun 18, 1952
No, they can't tell the Executive what to do. They pass laws, and if I approve them I try to carry them out. I didn't approve that one, by the way.
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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Jun 18, 1952
The action of the President of the United States was the correct one.
Jun 18, 1952
I am very fond of General Eisenhower, and he is entitled to his political views. It's all right with me. This is a free country.
Jun 18, 1952
The reorganization plans were right and should have been passed-should have been allowed to stand, let's put it that way.
Jun 18, 1952
I have made that statement to the Prime Minister of Canada when he came to see me on the subject. Of course we will support him in building the seaway.
Jun 18, 1952
The 80 days would just prolong the agony--wouldn't help matters one bit.
Jun 17, 1952
I want to see the state papers of President Roosevelt and myself properly cared for.
Jun 17, 1952
I hope you will continue to inform the people in Government on what they ought to do for the preservation of state papers.
Jun 17, 1952
Just the other day, Mr. Leslie Biffle, in cleaning out an old dust-covered bookcase in the Senate Library, found some original documents signed by Washington and Jefferson and Polk, Madison, and Monroe.
Jun 17, 1952
There's a stack of those papers that high, and I am going to send them to the Library of Congress through Mr. Biffle and have them properly preserved.
Jun 17, 1952
I am highly interested in it because the papers of some of our Presidents of the United States, and of the Cabinet officers and of some of our departments, have been scattered from one end of the country to the other.
Jun 16, 1952
I hope, when you go back to my hometown, you will remember me to my friends out there, and I shall always consider Independence and Jackson County my home.
Jun 16, 1952
May we also give thanks to Him for His constant watchfulness over us in every hour of national prosperity and national peril.
Jun 16, 1952
Upon receipt of the report of the Department of Justice, the appeal board shall determine the classification of the registrant.
Jun 16, 1952
Funds appropriated for the operation and maintenance of the Selective Service System shall be available for payment of actual and reasonable expenses.
Jun 16, 1952
No registrant shall be placed in Class III-A because he has a child which is not yet born unless there is filed with the local board the certificate of a licensed physician stating that the child has been conceived the probable date of its…
Jun 16, 1952
I deem it fitting that this Day of Prayer coincide with the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, which published to the world this Nation's 'firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence'
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