Harry Truman

I want to thank the Vice President not only for what he has said tonight, but also for all that he has done for me and for his country.

The time has come now for you to choose our successors and to elect a Congress to serve with them.

This election may decide whether we shall go ahead and expand our prosperity here at home or slide back into a depression.

I believe that God intended for this Nation to lead the way to peace for all men, and that we are going ahead to lead it to peace obedient to His will.

We have brought this country the greatest prosperity and the highest standard of living in history.

I have always believed that the American people have the good sense and good judgement to make the right decisions, once they know the facts.

A resolution to this effect was adopted at the General Assembly of the United Nations, November 14, 1947.

As President, I feel it my duty to protect the men who are engaged in this crucial work from such attacks.

In order that the public may have access to the facts, I have determined that a memorandum from the Secretary of Defense to the Secretary of State, dated September 26, 1947, and its enclosure, which have heretofore been classified as top…

Indeed, I believe that releasing these documents will indicate the justification for their views.

I would not have released this document nor brought these facts before the public if the Republican candidate for President, who was Chief of Staff of the Army and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1947, had not in his campaign…

I hope that the release of these documents will set this controversy at rest, and will in some measure protect those who have not been able to protect themselves in this debate because of their official positions, and because of the…

This order shall be effective as of September 10, 1952.

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America, it is ordered as follows:

Next Tuesday, the voters are to participate in the most important election, in my opinion, since the Civil War.

All I ask the people of this country is to inform themselves on the facts.

You will vote the Democratic ticket on Tuesday.

This election will decide who sits in the White House for the next 4 years.

We cannot trust the Republican Party to keep the country prosperous.

We cannot win this struggle unless we maintain our prosperity here at home.

I appreciate very much this fine turnout here this morning.

I would advise you to give it a lot of thought.

Today we have 62 million jobs in America, and our national production is $340 billion a year.

I have been reading platforms for 40 years, and that one caps them all for saying nothing.

Minnesota gave the Democratic ticket the thing that counts--11 votes in the electoral college--and I needed them in 1948.