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We have cut the war program to the maximum extent consistent with national security.
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We have cut the war program to the maximum extent consistent with national security.
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Since our programs for this period which combines war liquidation with reconversion to a peacetime economy are inevitably large and numerous it is imperative that they be planned and executed with the utmost efficiency and the utmost economy.
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We have held our peacetime programs to the level necessary to our national well-being and the attainment of our postwar objectives.
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I am also transmitting herewith the Fifth Quarterly Report of the Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion.
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I am also transmitting herewith the Fifth Quarterly Report of the Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion.
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For these reasons I have chosen to combine the customary Message on the State of the Union with the annual Budget Message, and to include in the Budget not only estimates for functions authorized by the Congress, but also for those which I recommend for its action.
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It is a comprehensive discussion of the present state of the reconversion program and of the immediate and long-range needs and recommendations.
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It is a comprehensive discussion of the present state of the reconversion program and of the immediate and long-range needs and recommendations.
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It is a comprehensive discussion of the present state of the reconversion program and of the immediate and long-range needs and recommendations.
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I am also transmitting herewith the Fifth Quarterly Report of the Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion.
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This constitutes, then, as complete a report as I find it possible to prepare now.
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This constitutes, then, as complete a report as I find it possible to prepare now.
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This constitutes, then, as complete a report as I find it possible to prepare now.
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It is a comprehensive discussion of the present state of the reconversion program and of the immediate and long-range needs and recommendations.
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It constitutes a program of government in relation to the Nation's needs.
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Our own part in this accomplishment was not the product of any single service.
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Our own part in this accomplishment was not the product of any single service.
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The plain fact is that civilization was saved in 1945 by the United Nations.
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Those who fought on land, those who fought on the sea, and those who fought in the air deserve equal credit.
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Those who fought on land, those who fought on the sea, and those who fought in the air deserve equal credit.
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Those who fought on land, those who fought on the sea, and those who fought in the air deserve equal credit.
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Our own part in this accomplishment was not the product of any single service.
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They were supported by other millions in the armed forces who through no fault of their own could not go overseas and who rendered indispensable service in this country.
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They were supported by other millions in the armed forces who through no fault of their own could not go overseas and who rendered indispensable service in this country.
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They were supported by other millions in the armed forces who through no fault of their own could not go overseas and who rendered indispensable service in this country.
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Those who fought on land, those who fought on the sea, and those who fought in the air deserve equal credit.
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They were supported by millions in all levels of government, including many volunteers, whose devoted public service furnished basic organization and leadership.
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They were supported by millions in all levels of government, including many volunteers, whose devoted public service furnished basic organization and leadership.
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They were supported by millions in all levels of government, including many volunteers, whose devoted public service furnished basic organization and leadership.
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They were supported by other millions in the armed forces who through no fault of their own could not go overseas and who rendered indispensable service in this country.
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They were also supported by the millions of Americans in private life-men and women in industry, in commerce, on the farms, and in all manner of activity on the home front-who contributed their brains and their brawn in arming, equipping, and feeding them.
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They were also supported by the millions of Americans in private life-men and women in industry, in commerce, on the farms, and in all manner of activity on the home front-who contributed their brains and their brawn in arming, equipping, and feeding them.
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They were also supported by the millions of Americans in private life-men and women in industry, in commerce, on the farms, and in all manner of activity on the home front-who contributed their brains and their brawn in arming, equipping, and feeding them.
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They were supported by millions in all levels of government, including many volunteers, whose devoted public service furnished basic organization and leadership.
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The country was brought through four years of peril by an effort that was truly national in character.
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The country was brought through four years of peril by an effort that was truly national in character.
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The country was brought through four years of peril by an effort that was truly national in character.
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They were also supported by the millions of Americans in private life-men and women in industry, in commerce, on the farms, and in all manner of activity on the home front-who contributed their brains and their brawn in arming, equipping, and feeding them.
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Everlasting tribute and gratitude will be paid by all Americans to those brave men who did not come back, who will never come back-the 330,000 who died that the Nation might live and progress.
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Everlasting tribute and gratitude will be paid by all Americans to those brave men who did not come back, who will never come back-the 330,000 who died that the Nation might live and progress.
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Everlasting tribute and gratitude will be paid by all Americans to those brave men who did not come back, who will never come back-the 330,000 who died that the Nation might live and progress.
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The country was brought through four years of peril by an effort that was truly national in character.
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All Americans will also remain deeply conscious of the obligation owed to that larger number of soldiers, sailors, and marines who suffered wounds and sickness in their service.
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All Americans will also remain deeply conscious of the obligation owed to that larger number of soldiers, sailors, and marines who suffered wounds and sickness in their service.
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All Americans will also remain deeply conscious of the obligation owed to that larger number of soldiers, sailors, and marines who suffered wounds and sickness in their service.
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Everlasting tribute and gratitude will be paid by all Americans to those brave men who did not come back, who will never come back-the 330,000 who died that the Nation might live and progress.
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They may be certain that their sacrifice will never be forgotten or their needs neglected.
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They may be certain that their sacrifice will never be forgotten or their needs neglected.
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They may be certain that their sacrifice will never be forgotten or their needs neglected.
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All Americans will also remain deeply conscious of the obligation owed to that larger number of soldiers, sailors, and marines who suffered wounds and sickness in their service.
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The beginning of the year 1946 finds the United States strong and deservedly confident.
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Industrial peace between management and labor will have to be achieved-through the process of collective bargaining-with Government assistance but not Government compulsion.
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Industrial peace between management and labor will have to be achieved-through the process of collective bargaining-with Government assistance but not Government compulsion.
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As we move toward one common objective there will be many and urgent problems to meet.
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This is a problem which is the concern not only of management, labor, and the Government, but also the concern of every one of us.
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This is a problem which is the concern not only of management, labor, and the Government, but also the concern of every one of us.
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This is a problem which is the concern not only of management, labor, and the Government, but also the concern of every one of us.
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Industrial peace between management and labor will have to be achieved-through the process of collective bargaining-with Government assistance but not Government compulsion.
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Private capital and private management are entitled to adequate reward for efficiency, but business must recognize that its reward results from the employment of the resources of the Nation.
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These standards include as a minimum the establishment of fair wages and fair employment practices.
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These standards include as a minimum the establishment of fair wages and fair employment practices.
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Business is a public trust and must adhere to national standards in the conduct of its affairs.
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Labor also has its own new peacetime responsibilities.
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Labor also has its own new peacetime responsibilities.
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Labor also has its own new peacetime responsibilities.
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These standards include as a minimum the establishment of fair wages and fair employment practices.
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Under our collective bargaining system, which must become progressively more secure, labor attains increasing political as well as economic power, and this, as with all power, means increased responsibility.
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Under our collective bargaining system, which must become progressively more secure, labor attains increasing political as well as economic power, and this, as with all power, means increased responsibility.
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Under our collective bargaining system, which must become progressively more secure, labor attains increasing political as well as economic power, and this, as with all power, means increased responsibility.
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Labor also has its own new peacetime responsibilities.
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The lives of millions of veterans and war workers will be greatly affected by the success or failure of our program of war liquidation and reconversion.
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The lives of millions of veterans and war workers will be greatly affected by the success or failure of our program of war liquidation and reconversion.
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The lives of millions of veterans and war workers will be greatly affected by the success or failure of our program of war liquidation and reconversion.
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Under our collective bargaining system, which must become progressively more secure, labor attains increasing political as well as economic power, and this, as with all power, means increased responsibility.
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Their transition to peacetime pursuits will be determined by our efforts to break the bottlenecks in key items of productions, to make surplus property immediately available where it is needed, to maintain an effective national employment service, and many other reconversion policies.
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Their transition to peacetime pursuits will be determined by our efforts to break the bottlenecks in key items of productions, to make surplus property immediately available where it is needed, to maintain an effective national employment service, and many other reconversion policies.
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Their transition to peacetime pursuits will be determined by our efforts to break the bottlenecks in key items of productions, to make surplus property immediately available where it is needed, to maintain an effective national employment service, and many other reconversion policies.
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The lives of millions of veterans and war workers will be greatly affected by the success or failure of our program of war liquidation and reconversion.
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Our obligations to the people who won the war will not be paid if we fail to prevent inflation and to maintain employment opportunities.
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Opportunities for a good education and adequate medical care must be generally available.
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Opportunities for a good education and adequate medical care must be generally available.
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the people must be protected from the fear of want during old age, sickness, and unemployment.
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Every family should have a decent home.
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that we become a well housed people, a well-nourished people, an educated people, a people socially and economically secure, an alert and responsible people.
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that we become a well housed people, a well-nourished people, an educated people, a people socially and economically secure, an alert and responsible people.
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The new economic bill of rights to which I have referred on previous occasions is a charter of economic freedom which seeks to assure that all who will may work toward their own security and the general advancement;
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These and other problems which may face us can be met by the cooperation of all of us in furthering a positive and well balanced Government program-a program which will further national and international well-being.
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II. THE FEDERAL PROGRAM INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS / 1. FOREIGN POLICY: The year 1945 brought with it the final defeat of our enemies.
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II. THE FEDERAL PROGRAM INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS / 1. FOREIGN POLICY: The year 1945 brought with it the final defeat of our enemies.
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These and other problems which may face us can be met by the cooperation of all of us in furthering a positive and well balanced Government program-a program which will further national and international well-being.
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There lies before us now the work of building a just and enduring peace.
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Our most immediate task toward that end is to deprive our enemies completely and forever of their power to start another war.
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Our most immediate task toward that end is to deprive our enemies completely and forever of their power to start another war.
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There lies before us now the work of building a just and enduring peace.
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Of even greater importance to the preservation of international peace is the need to preserve the wartime agreement of the United Nations and to direct it into the ways of peace.
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Of even greater importance to the preservation of international peace is the need to preserve the wartime agreement of the United Nations and to direct it into the ways of peace.
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Of even greater importance to the preservation of international peace is the need to preserve the wartime agreement of the United Nations and to direct it into the ways of peace.
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Our most immediate task toward that end is to deprive our enemies completely and forever of their power to start another war.
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Long before our enemies surrendered, the foundations had been laid on which to continue this unity in the peace to come.
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Long before our enemies surrendered, the foundations had been laid on which to continue this unity in the peace to come.
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Long before our enemies surrendered, the foundations had been laid on which to continue this unity in the peace to come.
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Of even greater importance to the preservation of international peace is the need to preserve the wartime agreement of the United Nations and to direct it into the ways of peace.
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The Atlantic meeting in 1941 and the conferences at Casablanca, Quebec, Moscow, Cairo, Tehran, and Dumbarton Oaks each added a stone to the structure.
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The Atlantic meeting in 1941 and the conferences at Casablanca, Quebec, Moscow, Cairo, Tehran, and Dumbarton Oaks each added a stone to the structure.
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The Atlantic meeting in 1941 and the conferences at Casablanca, Quebec, Moscow, Cairo, Tehran, and Dumbarton Oaks each added a stone to the structure.
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Long before our enemies surrendered, the foundations had been laid on which to continue this unity in the peace to come.
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Early in 1945, at Yalta, the three major powers broadened and solidified this base of understanding.
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Early in 1945, at Yalta, the three major powers broadened and solidified this base of understanding.
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Early in 1945, at Yalta, the three major powers broadened and solidified this base of understanding.
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The Atlantic meeting in 1941 and the conferences at Casablanca, Quebec, Moscow, Cairo, Tehran, and Dumbarton Oaks each added a stone to the structure.
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There fundamental decisions were reached concerning the occupation and control of Germany.
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There fundamental decisions were reached concerning the occupation and control of Germany.
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There fundamental decisions were reached concerning the occupation and control of Germany.
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Early in 1945, at Yalta, the three major powers broadened and solidified this base of understanding.
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There also a formula was arrived at for the interim government of the areas in Europe which were rapidly being wrested from Nazi control.
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There also a formula was arrived at for the interim government of the areas in Europe which were rapidly being wrested from Nazi control.
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There also a formula was arrived at for the interim government of the areas in Europe which were rapidly being wrested from Nazi control.
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There fundamental decisions were reached concerning the occupation and control of Germany.
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This formula was based on the policy of the United States that people be permitted to choose their own form of government by their own freely expressed choice without interference from any foreign source.
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This formula was based on the policy of the United States that people be permitted to choose their own form of government by their own freely expressed choice without interference from any foreign source.
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This formula was based on the policy of the United States that people be permitted to choose their own form of government by their own freely expressed choice without interference from any foreign source.
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There also a formula was arrived at for the interim government of the areas in Europe which were rapidly being wrested from Nazi control.
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At Potsdam, in July 1945, Marshal Stalin, Prime Ministers Churchill and Attlee, and I met to exchange views primarily with respect to Germany.
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At Potsdam, in July 1945, Marshal Stalin, Prime Ministers Churchill and Attlee, and I met to exchange views primarily with respect to Germany.
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At Potsdam, in July 1945, Marshal Stalin, Prime Ministers Churchill and Attlee, and I met to exchange views primarily with respect to Germany.
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This formula was based on the policy of the United States that people be permitted to choose their own form of government by their own freely expressed choice without interference from any foreign source.
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As a result, agreements were reached which outlined broadly the policy to be executed by the Allied Control Council.
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As a result, agreements were reached which outlined broadly the policy to be executed by the Allied Control Council.
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As a result, agreements were reached which outlined broadly the policy to be executed by the Allied Control Council.
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At Potsdam, in July 1945, Marshal Stalin, Prime Ministers Churchill and Attlee, and I met to exchange views primarily with respect to Germany.
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At Potsdam there was also established a Council of Foreign Ministers which convened for the first time in London in September.
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At Potsdam there was also established a Council of Foreign Ministers which convened for the first time in London in September.
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At Potsdam there was also established a Council of Foreign Ministers which convened for the first time in London in September.
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As a result, agreements were reached which outlined broadly the policy to be executed by the Allied Control Council.
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The Council is about to resume its primary assignment of drawing up treaties of peace with Italy, Rumania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Finland.
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The Council is about to resume its primary assignment of drawing up treaties of peace with Italy, Rumania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Finland.
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The Council is about to resume its primary assignment of drawing up treaties of peace with Italy, Rumania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Finland.
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At Potsdam there was also established a Council of Foreign Ministers which convened for the first time in London in September.
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In addition to these meetings, and in accordance with the agreement at Yalta, the Foreign Ministers of Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States conferred together in San Francisco last spring, in Potsdam in July, in London in September, and in Moscow in December.
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In addition to these meetings, and in accordance with the agreement at Yalta, the Foreign Ministers of Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States conferred together in San Francisco last spring, in Potsdam in July, in London in September, and in Moscow in December.
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In addition to these meetings, and in accordance with the agreement at Yalta, the Foreign Ministers of Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States conferred together in San Francisco last spring, in Potsdam in July, in London in September, and in Moscow in December.
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The Council is about to resume its primary assignment of drawing up treaties of peace with Italy, Rumania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Finland.
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These meetings have been useful in promoting understanding and agreement among the three governments.
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These meetings have been useful in promoting understanding and agreement among the three governments.
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These meetings have been useful in promoting understanding and agreement among the three governments.
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In addition to these meetings, and in accordance with the agreement at Yalta, the Foreign Ministers of Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States conferred together in San Francisco last spring, in Potsdam in July, in London in September, and in Moscow in December.
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Simply to name all the international meetings and conferences is to suggest the size and complexity of the undertaking to prevent international war in which the United States has now enlisted for the duration of history.
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Simply to name all the international meetings and conferences is to suggest the size and complexity of the undertaking to prevent international war in which the United States has now enlisted for the duration of history.
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Simply to name all the international meetings and conferences is to suggest the size and complexity of the undertaking to prevent international war in which the United States has now enlisted for the duration of history.
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These meetings have been useful in promoting understanding and agreement among the three governments.
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It is encouraging to know that the common effort of the United Nations to learn to live together did not cease with the surrender of our enemies.
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Neither do we propose, however, to ignore the ideals and vital interests of our friends.
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Neither do we propose, however, to ignore the ideals and vital interests of our friends.
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When difficulties arise among us, the United States does not propose to remove them by sacrificing its ideals or its vital interests.
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Last February and March an Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace was held in Mexico City.
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Among the many significant accomplishments of that Conference was an understanding that an attack by any country against any one of the sovereign American republics would be considered an act of aggression against all of them;
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Among the many significant accomplishments of that Conference was an understanding that an attack by any country against any one of the sovereign American republics would be considered an act of aggression against all of them;
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Last February and March an Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace was held in Mexico City.
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and that if such an attack were made or threatened, the American republics would decide jointly, through consultations in which each republic has equal representation, what measures they would take for their mutual protection.
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and that if such an attack were made or threatened, the American republics would decide jointly, through consultations in which each republic has equal representation, what measures they would take for their mutual protection.
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and that if such an attack were made or threatened, the American republics would decide jointly, through consultations in which each republic has equal representation, what measures they would take for their mutual protection.
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Among the many significant accomplishments of that Conference was an understanding that an attack by any country against any one of the sovereign American republics would be considered an act of aggression against all of them;
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This agreement stipulates that its execution shall be in full accord with the Charter of the United Nations Organization.
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Last November, Prime Minister Attlee, Prime Minister MacKenzie King, and I announced our proposal that a commission be established within the framework of the United Nations to explore the problems of effective international control of atomic energy.
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Last November, Prime Minister Attlee, Prime Minister MacKenzie King, and I announced our proposal that a commission be established within the framework of the United Nations to explore the problems of effective international control of atomic energy.
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That does not mean that each must enjoy an equal voice, but it does mean that each must be heard.
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The Soviet Union, France, and China have joined us in the purpose of introducing in the General Assembly a resolution for the establishment of such a commission.
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The Soviet Union, France, and China have joined us in the purpose of introducing in the General Assembly a resolution for the establishment of such a commission.
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The Soviet Union, France, and China have joined us in the purpose of introducing in the General Assembly a resolution for the establishment of such a commission.
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Last November, Prime Minister Attlee, Prime Minister MacKenzie King, and I announced our proposal that a commission be established within the framework of the United Nations to explore the problems of effective international control of atomic energy.
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Our earnest wish is that the work of this commission go forward carefully and thoroughly, but with the greatest dispatch.
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Our earnest wish is that the work of this commission go forward carefully and thoroughly, but with the greatest dispatch.
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Our earnest wish is that the work of this commission go forward carefully and thoroughly, but with the greatest dispatch.
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The Soviet Union, France, and China have joined us in the purpose of introducing in the General Assembly a resolution for the establishment of such a commission.
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I have great hope for the development of mutually effective safeguards which will permit the fullest international control of this new atomic force.
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I have great hope for the development of mutually effective safeguards which will permit the fullest international control of this new atomic force.
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I have great hope for the development of mutually effective safeguards which will permit the fullest international control of this new atomic force.
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Our earnest wish is that the work of this commission go forward carefully and thoroughly, but with the greatest dispatch.
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I believe it possible that effective means can be developed through the United Nations Organization to prohibit, outlaw, and prevent the use of atomic energy for destructive purposes.
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I believe it possible that effective means can be developed through the United Nations Organization to prohibit, outlaw, and prevent the use of atomic energy for destructive purposes.
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I believe it possible that effective means can be developed through the United Nations Organization to prohibit, outlaw, and prevent the use of atomic energy for destructive purposes.
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I have great hope for the development of mutually effective safeguards which will permit the fullest international control of this new atomic force.
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The power which the United States demonstrated during the war is the fact that underlies every phase of our relations with other countries.
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It is the hope of all Americans that in time future historians will speak not of World War I and World War II, but of the first and last world wars.
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It is the hope of all Americans that in time future historians will speak not of World War I and World War II, but of the first and last world wars.
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We shall be host in spirit as well as in fact, for nowhere does there abide a fiercer determination that this peace shall live than in the hearts of the American people.
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II. THE FEDERAL PROGRAM INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS / 2. FOREIGN ECONOMIC POLICY: The foreign economic policy of the United States is designed to promote our own prosperity, and at the same time to aid in the restoration and expansion of world markets and to contribute thereby to world peace and world security.
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In accordance with the intentions of the Congress, lend-lease, except as to continuing military lend-lease in China, was terminated upon the surrender of Japan.
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In accordance with the intentions of the Congress, lend-lease, except as to continuing military lend-lease in China, was terminated upon the surrender of Japan.
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It has given our support to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
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The first of the lend-lease settlement agreements has been completed with the United Kingdom.
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The first of the lend-lease settlement agreements has been completed with the United Kingdom.
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The first of the lend-lease settlement agreements has been completed with the United Kingdom.
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In accordance with the intentions of the Congress, lend-lease, except as to continuing military lend-lease in China, was terminated upon the surrender of Japan.
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Negotiations with other lend-lease countries are in progress.
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Negotiations with other lend-lease countries are in progress.
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The first of the lend-lease settlement agreements has been completed with the United Kingdom.
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In negotiating these agreements, we intend to seek settlements which will not encumber world trade through war debts of a character that proved to be so detrimental to the stability of the world economy after the last war.
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We have taken steps to dispose of the goods which on VJ-day were in the lend-lease pipe line to the various lend-lease countries and to allow them long-term credit for the purpose where necessary.
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We have taken steps to dispose of the goods which on VJ-day were in the lend-lease pipe line to the various lend-lease countries and to allow them long-term credit for the purpose where necessary.
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In negotiating these agreements, we intend to seek settlements which will not encumber world trade through war debts of a character that proved to be so detrimental to the stability of the world economy after the last war.
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We are also making arrangements under which those countries may use the lend-lease inventories in their possession and enable the United Kingdom to avoid discriminatory trade arrangements of the type which destroyed freedom of trade during the 1930's.
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II. THE FEDERAL PROGRAM INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS / 3. OCCUPIED COUNTRIES: The major tasks of our Military Establishment in Europe following VE-day, and in the Pacific since the surrender of Japan, have been those of occupation and military government.
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II. THE FEDERAL PROGRAM INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS / 3. OCCUPIED COUNTRIES: The major tasks of our Military Establishment in Europe following VE-day, and in the Pacific since the surrender of Japan, have been those of occupation and military government.
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A serious depression here can disrupt the whole fabric of the world economy.
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In addition we have given much needed aid to the peoples of the liberated countries.
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The end of the war in Europe found Germany in a chaotic condition.
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The end of the war in Europe found Germany in a chaotic condition.
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Organized government had ceased to exist, transportation systems had been wrecked, cities and industrial facilities had been bombed into ruins.
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Organized government had ceased to exist, transportation systems had been wrecked, cities and industrial facilities had been bombed into ruins.
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Organized government had ceased to exist, transportation systems had been wrecked, cities and industrial facilities had been bombed into ruins.
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The end of the war in Europe found Germany in a chaotic condition.
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In addition to the tasks of occupation we had to assume all of the functions of government.
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In addition to the tasks of occupation we had to assume all of the functions of government.
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In addition to the tasks of occupation we had to assume all of the functions of government.
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Organized government had ceased to exist, transportation systems had been wrecked, cities and industrial facilities had been bombed into ruins.
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Great progress has been made in the repatriation of displaced persons and of prisoners of war.
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Great progress has been made in the repatriation of displaced persons and of prisoners of war.
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Great progress has been made in the repatriation of displaced persons and of prisoners of war.
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In addition to the tasks of occupation we had to assume all of the functions of government.
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Of the total of 3,500,000 displaced persons found in the United States zone only 460,000 now remain.
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Of the total of 3,500,000 displaced persons found in the United States zone only 460,000 now remain.
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Of the total of 3,500,000 displaced persons found in the United States zone only 460,000 now remain.
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Great progress has been made in the repatriation of displaced persons and of prisoners of war.
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The extensive complications involved by the requirement of dealing with three other governments engaged in occupation and with the governments of liberated countries require intensive work and energetic cooperation.
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The extensive complications involved by the requirement of dealing with three other governments engaged in occupation and with the governments of liberated countries require intensive work and energetic cooperation.
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The extensive complications involved by the requirement of dealing with three other governments engaged in occupation and with the governments of liberated countries require intensive work and energetic cooperation.
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Of the total of 3,500,000 displaced persons found in the United States zone only 460,000 now remain.
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The influx of some 2 million German refugees into our zone of occupation is a pressing problem, making exacting demands upon an already overstrained internal economy.
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The influx of some 2 million German refugees into our zone of occupation is a pressing problem, making exacting demands upon an already overstrained internal economy.
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The influx of some 2 million German refugees into our zone of occupation is a pressing problem, making exacting demands upon an already overstrained internal economy.
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The extensive complications involved by the requirement of dealing with three other governments engaged in occupation and with the governments of liberated countries require intensive work and energetic cooperation.
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Improvements in the European economy during 1945 have made it possible for our military authorities to relinquish to the governments of all liberated areas, or to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, the responsibility for the provision of food and other civilian relief supplies.
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Improvements in the European economy during 1945 have made it possible for our military authorities to relinquish to the governments of all liberated areas, or to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, the responsibility for the provision of food and other civilian relief supplies.
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Improvements in the European economy during 1945 have made it possible for our military authorities to relinquish to the governments of all liberated areas, or to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, the responsibility for the provision of food and other civilian relief supplies.
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The influx of some 2 million German refugees into our zone of occupation is a pressing problem, making exacting demands upon an already overstrained internal economy.
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The Army's responsibilities in Europe extend now only to our zones of occupation in Germany and Austria and to two small areas in northern Italy.
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The Army's responsibilities in Europe extend now only to our zones of occupation in Germany and Austria and to two small areas in northern Italy.
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The Army's responsibilities in Europe extend now only to our zones of occupation in Germany and Austria and to two small areas in northern Italy.
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Improvements in the European economy during 1945 have made it possible for our military authorities to relinquish to the governments of all liberated areas, or to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, the responsibility for the provision of food and other civilian relief supplies.
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By contrast with Germany, in Japan we have occupied a Country still possessing an organized and Operating governmental system.
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By contrast with Germany, in Japan we have occupied a Country still possessing an organized and Operating governmental system.
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By contrast with Germany, in Japan we have occupied a Country still possessing an organized and Operating governmental system.
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The Army's responsibilities in Europe extend now only to our zones of occupation in Germany and Austria and to two small areas in northern Italy.
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Although severely damaged, the Japanese industrial and transportation systems have been able to insure at least a survival existence for the population.
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Although severely damaged, the Japanese industrial and transportation systems have been able to insure at least a survival existence for the population.
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Although severely damaged, the Japanese industrial and transportation systems have been able to insure at least a survival existence for the population.
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By contrast with Germany, in Japan we have occupied a Country still possessing an organized and Operating governmental system.
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The repatriation of Japanese military and civilian personnel from overseas is proceeding as rapidly as shipping and other means permit.
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The repatriation of Japanese military and civilian personnel from overseas is proceeding as rapidly as shipping and other means permit.
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The repatriation of Japanese military and civilian personnel from overseas is proceeding as rapidly as shipping and other means permit.
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Although severely damaged, the Japanese industrial and transportation systems have been able to insure at least a survival existence for the population.
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In order to insure that neither Germany nor Japan will again be in a position to wage aggressive warfare, the armament making potential of these countries is being dismantled and fundamental changes in their social and political structures are being effected.
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In order to insure that neither Germany nor Japan will again be in a position to wage aggressive warfare, the armament making potential of these countries is being dismantled and fundamental changes in their social and political structures are being effected.
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In order to insure that neither Germany nor Japan will again be in a position to wage aggressive warfare, the armament making potential of these countries is being dismantled and fundamental changes in their social and political structures are being effected.
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The repatriation of Japanese military and civilian personnel from overseas is proceeding as rapidly as shipping and other means permit.
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Democratic systems are being fostered to the end that the voice of the common man may be heard in the councils of his government.
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Democratic systems are being fostered to the end that the voice of the common man may be heard in the councils of his government.
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Democratic systems are being fostered to the end that the voice of the common man may be heard in the councils of his government.
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In order to insure that neither Germany nor Japan will again be in a position to wage aggressive warfare, the armament making potential of these countries is being dismantled and fundamental changes in their social and political structures are being effected.
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For the first time in history the legal culpability of war makers is being determined.
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For the first time in history the legal culpability of war makers is being determined.
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For the first time in history the legal culpability of war makers is being determined.
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Democratic systems are being fostered to the end that the voice of the common man may be heard in the councils of his government.
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The trials now in progress in Nurnberg- those soon to begin in Tokyo- bring before the bar of international justice those individuals who are charged with the responsibility for the sufferings of the past six years.
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The trials now in progress in Nurnberg- those soon to begin in Tokyo- bring before the bar of international justice those individuals who are charged with the responsibility for the sufferings of the past six years.
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The trials now in progress in Nurnberg- those soon to begin in Tokyo- bring before the bar of international justice those individuals who are charged with the responsibility for the sufferings of the past six years.
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For the first time in history the legal culpability of war makers is being determined.
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We have high hope that this public portrayal of the guilt of these evildoers will bring wholesale and permanent revulsion on the part of the masses of our former enemies against war, militarism, aggression, and notions of race superiority.
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We have high hope that this public portrayal of the guilt of these evildoers will bring wholesale and permanent revulsion on the part of the masses of our former enemies against war, militarism, aggression, and notions of race superiority.
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We have high hope that this public portrayal of the guilt of these evildoers will bring wholesale and permanent revulsion on the part of the masses of our former enemies against war, militarism, aggression, and notions of race superiority.
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The trials now in progress in Nurnberg- those soon to begin in Tokyo- bring before the bar of international justice those individuals who are charged with the responsibility for the sufferings of the past six years.
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II. THE FEDERAL PROGRAM INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS / 4. DEMOBILIZATION OF OUR ARMED FORCES: The cessation of active campaigning does not mean that we can completely disband our fighting forces.
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II. THE FEDERAL PROGRAM INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS / 4. DEMOBILIZATION OF OUR ARMED FORCES: The cessation of active campaigning does not mean that we can completely disband our fighting forces.
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II. THE FEDERAL PROGRAM INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS / 4. DEMOBILIZATION OF OUR ARMED FORCES: The cessation of active campaigning does not mean that we can completely disband our fighting forces.
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We have high hope that this public portrayal of the guilt of these evildoers will bring wholesale and permanent revulsion on the part of the masses of our former enemies against war, militarism, aggression, and notions of race superiority.
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For their sake and for the sake of their loved ones at home, I wish that we could.
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For their sake and for the sake of their loved ones at home, I wish that we could.
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For their sake and for the sake of their loved ones at home, I wish that we could.
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II. THE FEDERAL PROGRAM INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS / 4. DEMOBILIZATION OF OUR ARMED FORCES: The cessation of active campaigning does not mean that we can completely disband our fighting forces.
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But we still have the task of clinching the victories we have won- making certain that Germany and Japan can never again wage aggressive warfare, that they will not again have the means to bring on another world war.
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But we still have the task of clinching the victories we have won- making certain that Germany and Japan can never again wage aggressive warfare, that they will not again have the means to bring on another world war.
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But we still have the task of clinching the victories we have won- making certain that Germany and Japan can never again wage aggressive warfare, that they will not again have the means to bring on another world war.
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For their sake and for the sake of their loved ones at home, I wish that we could.
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The performance of that task requires that, together with our allies, we occupy the hostile areas, complete the disarmament of our enemies, and take the necessary measures to see to it that they do not rearm.
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The performance of that task requires that, together with our allies, we occupy the hostile areas, complete the disarmament of our enemies, and take the necessary measures to see to it that they do not rearm.
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The performance of that task requires that, together with our allies, we occupy the hostile areas, complete the disarmament of our enemies, and take the necessary measures to see to it that they do not rearm.
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But we still have the task of clinching the victories we have won- making certain that Germany and Japan can never again wage aggressive warfare, that they will not again have the means to bring on another world war.
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As quickly as possible, we are bringing about the reduction of our armed services to the size required for these tasks of occupation and disarmament.
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As quickly as possible, we are bringing about the reduction of our armed services to the size required for these tasks of occupation and disarmament.
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As quickly as possible, we are bringing about the reduction of our armed services to the size required for these tasks of occupation and disarmament.
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The performance of that task requires that, together with our allies, we occupy the hostile areas, complete the disarmament of our enemies, and take the necessary measures to see to it that they do not rearm.
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The Army and the Navy are following both length-of-service and point systems as far as possible in releasing men and women from the service.
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The Army and the Navy are following both length-of-service and point systems as far as possible in releasing men and women from the service.
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The Army and the Navy are following both length-of-service and point systems as far as possible in releasing men and women from the service.
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As quickly as possible, we are bringing about the reduction of our armed services to the size required for these tasks of occupation and disarmament.
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The points are based chiefly on length and character of service, and on the existence of dependents.
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The points are based chiefly on length and character of service, and on the existence of dependents.
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The points are based chiefly on length and character of service, and on the existence of dependents.
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The Army and the Navy are following both length-of-service and point systems as far as possible in releasing men and women from the service.
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Over 5 million from the Army have already passed through the separation centers.
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Over 5 million from the Army have already passed through the separation centers.
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Over 5 million from the Army have already passed through the separation centers.
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The points are based chiefly on length and character of service, and on the existence of dependents.
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The Navy, including the Marine Corps and the Coast Guard, has discharged over one and a half million.
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The Navy, including the Marine Corps and the Coast Guard, has discharged over one and a half million.
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The Navy, including the Marine Corps and the Coast Guard, has discharged over one and a half million.
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Over 5 million from the Army have already passed through the separation centers.
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Of the 12 million men and women serving in the Army and Navy at the time of the surrender of Germany, one-half have already been released.
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Of the 12 million men and women serving in the Army and Navy at the time of the surrender of Germany, one-half have already been released.
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Of the 12 million men and women serving in the Army and Navy at the time of the surrender of Germany, one-half have already been released.
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The Navy, including the Marine Corps and the Coast Guard, has discharged over one and a half million.
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The greater part of these had to be brought back to this country from distant parts of the world.
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The greater part of these had to be brought back to this country from distant parts of the world.
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The greater part of these had to be brought back to this country from distant parts of the world.
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Of the 12 million men and women serving in the Army and Navy at the time of the surrender of Germany, one-half have already been released.
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Of course there are cases of individual hardship in retention of personnel in the service.
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Of course there are cases of individual hardship in retention of personnel in the service.
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Of course there are cases of individual hardship in retention of personnel in the service.
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The greater part of these had to be brought back to this country from distant parts of the world.
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No system of such size can operate to perfection.
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No system of such size can operate to perfection.
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No system of such size can operate to perfection.
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Of course there are cases of individual hardship in retention of personnel in the service.
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But the systems are founded on fairness and justice, and they are working at full speed.
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But the systems are founded on fairness and justice, and they are working at full speed.
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But the systems are founded on fairness and justice, and they are working at full speed.
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No system of such size can operate to perfection.
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We shall try to avoid mistakes, injustices, and hardship as far as humanly possible.
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We shall try to avoid mistakes, injustices, and hardship as far as humanly possible.
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We shall try to avoid mistakes, injustices, and hardship as far as humanly possible.
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But the systems are founded on fairness and justice, and they are working at full speed.
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We have already reached the point where shipping is no longer the bottleneck in the return of troops from the European theater.
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We have already reached the point where shipping is no longer the bottleneck in the return of troops from the European theater.
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We have already reached the point where shipping is no longer the bottleneck in the return of troops from the European theater.
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We shall try to avoid mistakes, injustices, and hardship as far as humanly possible.
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The governing factor now has become the requirement for troops in sufficient strength to carry out their missions.
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The governing factor now has become the requirement for troops in sufficient strength to carry out their missions.
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The governing factor now has become the requirement for troops in sufficient strength to carry out their missions.
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We have already reached the point where shipping is no longer the bottleneck in the return of troops from the European theater.
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In a few months the same situation will exist in the Pacific.
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In a few months the same situation will exist in the Pacific.
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In a few months the same situation will exist in the Pacific.
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The governing factor now has become the requirement for troops in sufficient strength to carry out their missions.
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By the end of June, 9 out of 10 who were serving in the armed forces on V-day will have been released.
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By the end of June, 9 out of 10 who were serving in the armed forces on V-day will have been released.
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Harry S. Truman
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By the end of June, 9 out of 10 who were serving in the armed forces on V-day will have been released.
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In a few months the same situation will exist in the Pacific.
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Demobilization will continue thereafter, but at a slower rate, determined by our military responsibilities.
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Demobilization will continue thereafter, but at a slower rate, determined by our military responsibilities.
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Harry S. Truman
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Demobilization will continue thereafter, but at a slower rate, determined by our military responsibilities.
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By the end of June, 9 out of 10 who were serving in the armed forces on V-day will have been released.
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Our national safety and the security of the world will require substantial armed forces, particularly in overseas service.
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Our national safety and the security of the world will require substantial armed forces, particularly in overseas service.
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Harry S. Truman
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Our national safety and the security of the world will require substantial armed forces, particularly in overseas service.
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Demobilization will continue thereafter, but at a slower rate, determined by our military responsibilities.
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At the same time it is imperative that we relieve those who have already done their duty, and that we relieve them as fast as we can.
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At the same time it is imperative that we relieve those who have already done their duty, and that we relieve them as fast as we can.
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Harry S. Truman
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At the same time it is imperative that we relieve those who have already done their duty, and that we relieve them as fast as we can.
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Our national safety and the security of the world will require substantial armed forces, particularly in overseas service.
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To do that, the Army and the Navy are conducting recruiting drives with considerable success.
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To do that, the Army and the Navy are conducting recruiting drives with considerable success.
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Defense
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Harry S. Truman
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To do that, the Army and the Navy are conducting recruiting drives with considerable success.
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At the same time it is imperative that we relieve those who have already done their duty, and that we relieve them as fast as we can.
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The Army has obtained nearly 400,000 volunteers in the past four months, and the Navy has obtained 80,000.
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The Army has obtained nearly 400,000 volunteers in the past four months, and the Navy has obtained 80,000.
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Defense
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The Army has obtained nearly 400,000 volunteers in the past four months, and the Navy has obtained 80,000.
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To do that, the Army and the Navy are conducting recruiting drives with considerable success.
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Eighty percent of these volunteers for the regular service have come from those already with the colors.
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Eighty percent of these volunteers for the regular service have come from those already with the colors.
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Harry S. Truman
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Eighty percent of these volunteers for the regular service have come from those already with the colors.
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The Army has obtained nearly 400,000 volunteers in the past four months, and the Navy has obtained 80,000.
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The Congress has made it possible to offer valuable inducements to those who are eligible for enlistment.
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The Congress has made it possible to offer valuable inducements to those who are eligible for enlistment.
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Defense
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Harry S. Truman
| 100
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The Congress has made it possible to offer valuable inducements to those who are eligible for enlistment.
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Eighty percent of these volunteers for the regular service have come from those already with the colors.
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Every effort will be made to enlist the required number of young men.
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Every effort will be made to enlist the required number of young men.
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Defense
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Harry S. Truman
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Every effort will be made to enlist the required number of young men.
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The Congress has made it possible to offer valuable inducements to those who are eligible for enlistment.
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The War and Navy Departments now estimate that by a year from now we still will need a strength of about 2 million including officers, for the armed forces-Army, Navy, and Air.
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The War and Navy Departments now estimate that by a year from now we still will need a strength of about 2 million including officers, for the armed forces-Army, Navy, and Air.
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The War and Navy Departments now estimate that by a year from now we still will need a strength of about 2 million including officers, for the armed forces-Army, Navy, and Air.
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Every effort will be made to enlist the required number of young men.
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I have reviewed their estimates and believe that the safety of the Nation will require the maintenance of an armed strength of this size for the calendar year that is before us.
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I have reviewed their estimates and believe that the safety of the Nation will require the maintenance of an armed strength of this size for the calendar year that is before us.
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Defense
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Harry S. Truman
| 100
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I have reviewed their estimates and believe that the safety of the Nation will require the maintenance of an armed strength of this size for the calendar year that is before us.
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The War and Navy Departments now estimate that by a year from now we still will need a strength of about 2 million including officers, for the armed forces-Army, Navy, and Air.
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In case the campaign for volunteers does not produce that number, it will be necessary by additional legislation to extend the Selective Service Act beyond May 16, the date of expiration under existing law.
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In case the campaign for volunteers does not produce that number, it will be necessary by additional legislation to extend the Selective Service Act beyond May 16, the date of expiration under existing law.
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Defense
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Defense
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Harry S. Truman
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In case the campaign for volunteers does not produce that number, it will be necessary by additional legislation to extend the Selective Service Act beyond May 16, the date of expiration under existing law.
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I have reviewed their estimates and believe that the safety of the Nation will require the maintenance of an armed strength of this size for the calendar year that is before us.
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That is the only way we can get the men and bring back our veterans.
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That is the only way we can get the men and bring back our veterans.
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Defense
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| 100
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That is the only way we can get the men and bring back our veterans.
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In case the campaign for volunteers does not produce that number, it will be necessary by additional legislation to extend the Selective Service Act beyond May 16, the date of expiration under existing law.
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Action along this line should not be postponed beyond March, in order to avoid uncertainty and disruption.
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