08/17/1944
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"There is no discrimination in favor of brains."
"Let us thank God for such men as these."
"I hereby further exempt the said George T. Summerlin from compulsory retirement for age for such time as may be deemed necessary, but not beyond the close of business November 30, 1947."
"I have requested the liberation of all persons in North Africa who have been imprisoned because they opposed the efforts of the Nazis to dominate the world."