Transcript of President Harry S. Truman's Press and Radio Conference
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OCR Page 1 of 7THE PRESIDENT'S PRESS AND RADIO CONFERENCE
March 30, 1950
Q. Mr. President, do you think Senator McCarthy is
getting anywhere in his attempt to win the case against the State
Department?
THE PRESIDENT: What's that?
Q. Do you think that Senator McCarthy can show any
disloyalty exists in the State Department?
THE PRESIDENT: I think the greatest asset that the
Kremlin has is Senator McCarthy.
e. Would you care to elaborate on that?
THE PRESIDENT: I don't think it needs any elaboration
- I don't think it needs any elaboration.
Q. Brother, will that hit page one tomorrowl
Q. If you think we are going to bust down the fence
on what you have got later, that's a pretty good starter. (laughte))
THE PRESIDENT: What did you say?
Q. If you think we are going to bust down the fence
on what you have got later, that's a pretty good starter.
Q. Mr. President, ---
Q. (interposing) Mr. President, -----
Q. (interposing) Mr. President, could we quote that
one phrase, "I think the greatest asset the Kremlin has is Senator
McCarthy"?
THE PRESIDENT: Now let me give you a little prelim-
inary, and then I will tell you what I think you ought to do. Let
me tell you what the situation is.
We started out in 1945, when I became President, and
the two wars were still going on, and the Russians were our allies,
just the same as the British and the French and the -- Brazil and
the South American countries. And we won the war together. We
organized the United Nations in April, 1945, and one of the first
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