We tried to put it in as clear a statement as possible, but we want everybody to have access to the actual figures, to understand it as we think we do.

You can say I am still hopeful. That will be all right.

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Wednesday, August 14, 1946, as Victory Day.

It's only that part--we have only included that part of the British loan which we knew would be spent in this year.

In fact, General Gregory got so disgusted with it, it made him sick, and he had to quit.

But we are stating that, to show that actually there will be more money turned in that will be paid out which we can turn into credit, because that would be paid in, in any case.

I don't think it needs to be increased.

We've got to have a Congress. The law provides for it. [Laughter]

It takes a little more than rough arithmetic to understand the Federal Government, it takes calculus. [Laughter]

There is no double-talk in this message at all.

Well, you can translate it that way, if you like.

It's being absorbed in every other department.

I expect to talk with him about his duties in Germany.

I am not going to discuss New York politics this morning.

I am not in Tennessee politics.

I am sending a letter on the budget to all the heads of the executive departments and agencies.

Approval of the bill would constitute a departure from this policy which I cannot justify.

I don't think there's any chance of my going.