May 28, 1952
I want to call to the attention of the Senate the serious implications of two of the proposed amendments in this bill--one dealing with the Wage Stabilization Board and the other with the Walsh-Healey Act.
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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May 28, 1952
The resources in the lands under the marginal sea are enormously valuable.
May 28, 1952
Nothing in these cases raises the slightest question about the ownership of lands beneath inland waters.
May 28, 1952
The vast quantities of oil and gas in the submerged ocean lands belong to the people of all the States.
May 28, 1952
If the Congress wishes to enact legislation confirming the States in the ownership of what is already theirs--that is, the lands and resources under navigable inland waters and the tidelands--I shall, of course, be glad to approve it.
May 28, 1952
Other cost reductions have been achieved in the course of analyses by the Commission and the Bureau of the Budget.
May 28, 1952
This national wealth, like other lands owned by the United States, is held in trust for every citizen of the United States.
May 28, 1952
The program has been carefully reviewed in order to bring its total cost down to a practicable minimum.
May 28, 1952
We are placing our faith in the capacity of responsible parties to help work out solutions to their problems in the national interest.
May 28, 1952
Texas entered the Union pursuant to a joint resolution of annexation, enacted by the Congress.
May 28, 1952
Consequently, the law has now been determined, and it applies uniformly to all coastal States.
May 28, 1952
There are certain things that must be done no matter how long it takes.
May 28, 1952
Texas, of course, before it became a State and while it was an independent republic, had whatever rights then existed in the submerged lands off its coast, but the Supreme Court ruled that any such rights were transferred to the United…
May 28, 1952
The Federal Government neither has nor asserts any right or interest in the lands and resources underlying these or other navigable inland waters within State boundaries.
May 28, 1952
When I get ready to make a power speech, it will be perfectly plain to you.
May 28, 1952
I don't know whether it's a lady or a gentleman. I will have to wait and find out.
May 28, 1952
I cannot agree that this would be a wise or proper way to dispose of these lands and mineral resources of the United States.
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