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Radio and Television Report to the American People on the Situation in Korea
… we will use as much of this economic strength as is needed to defend ourselves and establish peace. hitler and the japanese generals miscalculated badly, 10 years ago, when they thought we would not be able to use our economic power …
Address in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
… prayerful consideration. i decided that the bomb should be used in order to end the war quickly and save countless lives--japanese as well as american. but i resolved then and there to do everything i could to see that this awesome discovery was …
The President's News Conference
… wonder if you have any thoughts today on the outlook for continued peace? the president. well, since the german and the japanese surrenders, our whole effort has been to attain a lasting world peace. that is what we have been working for …
Remarks at the National Health Assembly Dinner
… about it, and i am still trying to do something about it. you remember, on the 6th day of september 1945, after the japanese had folded up, i sent a 21-point message to the congress of the united states, and in that message i promised them …
Remarks and Question and Answer Period With the National Conference of Editorial Writers
… war ended just about 3 weeks after i sat down at this desk. all the prophets said that it would last 6 months longer. the japanese war ended about 3 months afterwards, the 14th of august, and all the prophets said that it would last a year after …
The President's News Conference
… prosecution of the war effort by every american." these prisoners, of course, are the ones that are held by the japanese. there are still a great many of our men who were captured in the philippines, who are held in manchuria and other …
The President's News Conference
… see item 218. [20.] q. mr. president, there has been a lot of talk about arming the germans in west germany, and also the japanese. would you comment on that? the president. no comment. [21.] q. mr. president, are you contemplating any immediate …
The President's News Conference
… they have--were in this war situation, and they also have had adverse weather conditions along with the war situation. the japanese crop, i am informed, is 15 percent short of normal, and they import usually 15 percent of their rice for food. it is …
The President's News Conference
… manchuria and korea are basic to the of any long-range plan for the peaceful economy of east asia. mr. pauley's report on japanese reparations, removals, is a splendid plan for immediate action, to utilize the productive ability of manchuria and …
The President's News Conference
… just as the ladies did when they were building the jefferson memorial. some ladies chained themselves to some japanese cherry trees, you remember. [laughter] [reading, not literally]: "the new office addition is an extension of 145 …
Address in Philadelphia at the American Legion Convention
… demagogues. they joined the black shirts of italy and the storm troopers of germany. they were the tools of the japanese militarists. in the end, they marched to war under the bloody banners of those dictatorships. before the end of …
The President's News Conference
… tour until i make the announcement of what i am going to do. [17.] q. mr. president, does this delay in sending the japanese treaty to the senate mean that you did not expect or want action at this session ? the president. no. it wasn't …
Address in San Francisco at the War Memorial Opera House
… in promoting and maintaining peace and security throughout the pacific area. we discussed japan and the need for an early japanese peace treaty. both of us look forward with confidence to a new japan which will be peaceful and prosperous. general …
Message to the Special Session of the 80th Congress
… by congressional committees. only one bill, however, has been enacted, a bill relating to the rights of americans of japanese origin. i believe that it is necessary to enact the laws i have recommended in order to make the guarantees of the …
Address at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
… good many expressions of faith in the last few years-the united nations, the marshall plan, the north atlantic treaty, the japanese peace treaty, the point 4 program. so far, our faith has been rewarded. the united nations has not yet become all we …
Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union
… the forthcoming negotiations in moscow on the german and austrian treaties, and during the future conferences on the japanese treaty. the delay in arriving at the first peace settlements is due partly to the difficulty of reaching agreement … the occupying powers should recognize the independence of austria and withdraw their troops. the germans and the japanese cannot be left in doubt and fear as to their future; they must know their national boundaries, their resources, and …
Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Oregon
… wars ended, to get a peace. that is my one ambition, to get peace in the world. i had hoped in september 1945, when the japanese surrender terms were signed, that by this time we would have peace in the world. we are going to get peace in the …
Special Message to the Congress Presenting a 21-Point Program for the Reconversion Period
… been just as eager as any of us to meet the problems which naturally have crowded down upon us with the surrender of the japanese. you have cut short a well-merited vacation in order to do so. i hope that the american people realize as fully as i … same energy, foresight, and wisdom as we did in carrying on the war and winning this victory. the sudden surrender of the japanese has not caught us unawares. president roosevelt, as early as the fall of 1943, began to set up machinery which he … have to be taken. as the congress has undoubtedly noticed, many steps were taken immediately after the surrender of the japanese. many more have been taken since. the process of reconversion will be a complicated and difficult one. the general …
Radio Report to the American People on the Status of the Reconversion Program
… the same imagination, the same determination that back in 1941 enabled us to raise our sights to overcome the nazi and japanese military might. with that imagination and determination we can mobilize our resources here at home to produce the …
Address in the Chicago Stadium
… story. we also know that in italy, in the 1920's, powerful italian businessmen backed mussolini, and that in the 1930's, japanese financiers helped tojo's military clique take over japan. today, in the united states, there is a growing--and …
Address at the National War College
… we have signed with the government of japan a fair and generous treaty of peace. we have shown our confidence in the japanese people. now, i want to call the attention of you gentlemen to something that has never before happened in the …
Veto of Bill To Revise the Laws Relating to Immigration, Naturalization, and Nationality
… procedures. the price is too high, and in good conscience i cannot agree to pay it. i want all our residents of japanese ancestry, and all our friends throughout the far east, to understand this point clearly. i cannot take the step i …
Excerpts from Special Message: The President's Midyear Economic Report to the Congress
… which timing and method could be determined. many economic controls were progressively discarded in the year following the japanese surrender. price control was materially reduced and in the fall of 1946 was finally discontinued except for a few …
Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union
… to strengthen the forces of freedom throughout the world. i hope the senate will take early and favorable action on the japanese peace treaty, on our security pacts with the pacific countries, and on the agreement to bring greece and turkey into …
The President's News Conference
… john foster dulles reporting on the conclusion of his mission as special representative to the president regarding the japanese peace settlement. q. do you think that is a worthy objective? the president. i certainly do. [more laughter] q. what …
Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Michigan
… to hold and counter soviet imperialism. the free world met that test as it never had the will or the courage to meet the japanese aggression in manchuria, or hitler's march into austria. we have stopped aggression in korea and hurled it back. we …
EXECUTIVE ORDER 9830
… positions to which appointments are made by the president without confirmation by the senate. (iv) attorneys. (v) chinese, japanese, and hindu interpreters. (vi) any position in which the appointee will receive compensation aggregating not more …
The President's News Conference on the Budget
… peak and started right down. the president. it went up anyway just before the war--then it went to the top just before the japanese folded up. i think we said in february they folded up in april-then it began to go down, and when we had the last …
Message to the Congress on the State of the Union and on the Budget for 1947
… approval of its partners, has retained primary authority and primary responsibility. it will continue to do so until the japanese people, by their own freely expressed choice, choose their own form of government. our basic policy in the far east … we have occupied a country still possessing an organized and operating governmental system. although severely damaged, the japanese industrial and transportation systems have been able to insure at least a survival existence for the population. the repatriation of japanese military and civilian personnel from overseas is proceeding as rapidly as shipping and other means permit. in order …
Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington
… i made up my mind that the best way to save the lives of those young men--and the best way to save the lives of the japanese soldiers, also--was to drop those bombs and end the war. and i did it. and i will tell you i would do it again if i …
Annual Budget Message to the Congress, Fiscal Year 1949
… increase in 1948 will be caused largely by sharply higher prices, a severe german crop failure, extensive storm damage to japanese crops, and the british dollar shortage. since the united kingdom is no longer able to meet dollar costs for …
Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire
… national production of about $340 billion. defense accounts for less than one-sixth of that output. now in 1945, after the japanese folded up, i organized a commission to look into the return to civil affairs after world war ii; and i sent that …
Annual Budget Message to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1951
… areas in 1951 will therefore be limited almost wholly to japan and the ryukyu islands. the substantial sums invested in japanese recovery since the end of the war are yielding results which permit a reduction in 1951 outlays for this purpose, …
Annual Budget Message to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1950
… program we are continuing to give compensation to disabled philippine veterans who fought in our joint efforts against the japanese. provision for financing veterans' hospitals and medical services, authorized by recent legislation, are included in …