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President Harry S. Truman. Source: Truman Library. |
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The Public Papers of Harry S. Truman contain most of President Truman's public messages, statements, speeches, and
news conference remarks. Documents such as Proclamations, Executive Orders, and similar documents that are published in the Federal Register
and the Code of Federal Regulations, as required by law, are usually not included. The documents within the Public Papers
are arranged in chronological order. President Truman delivered the remarks or addresses from Washington, D. C., unless
otherwise indicated. The White House in Washington issued statements, messages, and letters unless noted otherwise.
(Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1966)
The Public Papers contain items such as the Statement by the President Announcing the Use of the A-Bomb at Hiroshima
(August 6, 1945), the Special Message to the Congress on Greece and Turkey: The Truman Doctrine (March 12, 1947),
the White House Statement Announcing Recognition of the Government of Israel (January 31, 1949), the Statement and
Order by the President on Relieving General MacArthur of His Commands (April 11, 1951), and The President's Farewell
Address to the American People (January 15, 1953).
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The President's News Conference |
November 20, 1952
THE PRESIDENT. Please be seated.
[1.] I want you to understand that the election is over, that we are trying to get things in shape to make an orderly turnover of the Government to the successor, and that we want to let the world know that this country is a unified organization in its policy toward the rest of the world.
I was very happy to see that General Eisenhower had told Senator Wiley that he was with the policy on the prisoners of war in Korea. That was one of the main things about which we talked at the meeting the other day when he was down here.
Now I will answer questions if I can.
Q. Mr. President, could we quote the first part of that statement.
THE PRESIDENT. Yes.
Q.--starting with "I want you to understand that the election is over" until "we talked about." Could we quote that directly?
THE PRESIDENT. Yes, that's all right.
Q. Stop at what point, sir?
THE PRESIDENT. Well, I don't care. You can stop anywhere you please. [Laughter]
Q. Down to one of the things that you talked about at the meeting ?
Q. Let's quote the whole thing then, Mr. President; it is very brief.
THE PRESIDENT. That's all right, if you want to.
Q. It "keys" in with the Tuesday meeting ?
THE PRESIDENT. The Tuesday meeting. Also "keys" in with the statement I made after I got back to the house.1
1 See Item 331.
[2.] Q. Mr. President, will you meet with General Eisenhower again before January 20th ?
THE PRESIDENT. If he desires it, yes.
Q. I didn't hear the answer, sir?
THE PRESIDENT. If he wants to meet with me, I will be glad to see him any time.
[3.] Q. Mr. President, there was some tendency, I noticed, in the New York paper this morning, to say that General Eisenhower had agreed only with the principle against forced repatriation, but that Senator Wiley had been unwilling to go all the way and say he is just against the thing entirely. It might be merely a matter of semantics--I don't know, sir--but I say that was the point I was thinking about.
THE PRESIDENT. I am not going into semantics at all. I am going by the headlines. That is what you all go by. [Laughter]
[4.] Q. Mr. President, will you meet with Governor Stevenson ?
THE PRESIDENT. If he desires it, yes.
Q. Mr. President, there was a--I forgot where I saw it--published report somewhere, that Governor Stevenson was to see you. It seems to me a definite date was arranged to see you December 1st.
THE PRESIDENT. Sometime in that neighborhood. I think he is coming to Washington, and I will see him when he comes here.
Q. Mr. President, do you regard Governor Stevenson as the head of the Democratic Party until the next nomination ?
THE PRESIDENT. Did you read my telegram to Governor Stevenson ? If you haven't read it, you will find that I do.
Q. Mr. President, will you ask Mr. Stevenson to make a change in the chairman of the Democratic National Committee ?
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