News in Brief: Truman Opens Amvets HQ.
News in Brief: Truman Opens Amvets HQ.
News in Brief: Truman Opens Amvets HQ. Dedicating the national headquarters of the Amvets, President Truman warns the veterans' group that world crisis is still acute, that we must arm because Russian peace bids are not followed by peaceful deeds. Outdoor audience applauds. U.S. President HARRY S. TRUMAN speaks from podium at the event: "There's no reason to be complacent about the international situation today. This nation is still in deadly peril. We have an army confronting the enemy in the field. We have troops and bases at vital points overseas. The word that comes out of the Kremlin promises peace one day and threatens violence the next. If we have learned anything, we have learned that we can not rely on what the Kremlin says, but only on what it does. Until the Kremlin shows by deeds that it is willing to abandon its aggressive designs, we must prepare to prevent disaster." Cold War rhetoric.