No, I never had a private conference with him in his life.

Mr. Franklin was one of the assistants in preparing speeches during the campaign, but I never had one private interview with him at all, on any subject.

I remember having a hearing, when I was chairman of a certain committee in the Senate, and I recall the Aluminum Company of North America informed me that 300 million pounds was all that the country or the world would use, as far as their…

I said in nearly every instance, and in every paragraph.

I hope that this legislation will be enacted into law immediately.

The national interest requires that we get and keep in these positions the most capable men and women that can be found.

I urge their passage in their present form.

To do this, we must pay fair salaries.

Prompt action on this bill is of great importance to me in strengthening the management of the Executive Branch to meet those responsibilities.

This order shall become effective as of January 1, 1949.

Our production is still not large enough to satisfy our demands.

I am happy to report to this 81st Congress that the state of the Union is good.

This progress has confounded the gloomy prophets.

The business cycle is man-made.

In this society, we are conservative about the values and principles which we cherish.

We cannot maintain prosperity unless we have a fair distribution of opportunity.

Our goals should be abundant farm production and parity income for agriculture.

The present coverage of the social security laws is altogether inadequate.