Harry Truman

It is a shortage but not a famine.

I will let you know as soon as I do.

I invite the people of the United States to observe the day in appropriate ceremonies in schools and churches or other suitable places

If there is no understanding, there can be no peace; and if there is no education, there can be no peace.

That's what I have been fighting for since I have been here.

I invite the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies expressive of the public sentiment befitting the anniversary of the discovery of America.

I am extremely interested in this organization.

I direct, also, that on that day the flag of the United States be displayed on all Government buildings.

You can make that contribution on a world basis.

Thank you Mr. Benton.

I call upon officials of the Government to have the flag of the United States displayed on all Government buildings on that day

That's what President Roosevelt was fighting for while he was here.

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace.

I do hereby designate Saturday, October 12, 1946, as Columbus Day.

I do hereby proclaim October 11, 1946, the one hundred and sixty-seventh anniversary of the death of that gallant warrior, as General Pulaski's Memorial Day

There are two things in the world I want above everything else--peace in the world and unity at home.

It is absolutely essential, in order that the program of the Democratic Party as outlined in the platform adopted in 1944 which I helped to write--and I was a member of that original committee--may be carried out, that we have a Congress…

I AM of course interested in the political welfare of every one of you.

That's the program of the Democratic party--peace in the world, and a production program that will help rehabilitate that world.

That's all I need to say to you.

I hereby revoke the said Executive Order No. 7744 of November 19, 1937.

The people of the United States may disagree freely and publicly on any question, including that of foreign policy, but the Government of the United States must stand as a unit in its relations with the rest of the world.

The foreign policy of this country is the most important question confronting us today.

I have today asked Mr. Wallace to resign from the Cabinet.

Mr. Byrnes consults with me often, and the policies which guide him and his delegation have my full endorsement.