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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.
A universal training program would eradicate that situation, and I hope that you gentlemen, my friends in the National Guard, will put everything you have behind the idea of a training program for the youth of this country, to make them…
It is not the martinets that make an army work, it's the morale that the leaders put into the men that makes an army work.
I hope you have a most successful meeting here, and that you will work out a constructive program, and that you will support the universal training program which I have been working on ever since 1935.
I think that the backbone of the defense of this country is in its civilian components.
The United Nations represents the idea of a universal morality, superior to the interests of individual nations.
The United Nations was born out of an agony of war--the most terrible war in history.
We must explore every avenue which offers any chance of bringing success to the activities of the United Nations in this vital area.
At the present time, the fear of another great international war overshadows all the hopes of mankind.
The United States has embarked upon the course of increasing its armed strength only for the purpose of helping to keep the peace.
One of the strongest reasons for this belief is our faith in the United Nations.
I believe the people of the world rely on the United Nations to help them achieve two great purposes.
I can't comment on specific States because I don't know the local conditions.
No, there is no justification for relaxing it, because we need the cotton here at home.
I am very well satisfied with it, and I think I made that clear in my San Francisco speech.
Yes, I think I will go home to vote, if everything is all right here so I can leave.
The administration did not discredit the law. The law was discredited in the Congress.
We have been discussing that with the Defense Department, and I hope that we can work out a program that will be equitable and fair, both to the Reserves and to the citizen soldiers altogether.
I call upon every citizen to offer thanks to God for His gracious guidance and help.
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