President Truman thought that he had only a little news for his press conference last week. Most of his week's work had concerned the strike and price problems (see below) which he hoped could be solved before his scheduled visit with Winston Churchill* in Florida. But the conference made some headline news anyway.
A reporter had come primed with a question about the Inter-American defense treaty and Argentina. He began it: "Do you support the State Department policy of—" Harry Truman leaned forward, interrupted. Said he: the State Department has no policy...
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