:50:02
Do you realize what the Japanese propagandists are
telling the Filipino people?
:50:06
That Americans will never
shed their blood...
:50:08
to save the colored peoples
of the earth!
:50:10
Your zeal is understandable.
I admire it.
:50:13
But we can't
let it interfere...
:50:16
with a workable
Pacific strategy.
:50:24
"I give to the Philippines
my solemn pledge...
:50:27
"that their freedom
will be redeemed.
:50:30
"Entire resources of men and material
of the United States...
:50:34
stand behind that pledge. "
:50:37
Your words, sir.
:50:43
Mr. President,
:50:45
General MacArthur's points
are well taken,
:50:47
and I'm sure that the Joint Chiefs will
wish to consider them very carefully.
:50:52
I shall return.
:50:54
I am going back there next fall
if I have to paddle a canoe.
:50:57
If your decision be to bypass Luzon with
its millions of people,
:51:02
thousands of American
prisoners of war,
:51:05
to continue to languish there
in agony and despair,
:51:10
I daresay that the American
public would be so aroused...
:51:13
that they would register complete resentment
against you at the polls next fall.
:51:22
Arthur!
Arthur Prettyman!
:51:25
Get me an aspirin tablet.
No, no, make it two.
:51:29
Nobody can talk me into a headache
the way General MacArthur can.
:51:34
Gentlemen, I think
it's time to call a recess.
:51:38
It's been a fatiguing day.
Indeed it has, sir.
:51:40
Recess was my favorite time
in school.
:51:43
It's getting
to be that way in war.
:51:49
Douglas.
Yes, Mr. President?
:51:52
Why haven't you come home
all these years?
:51:55
Well, I've had
my hands full out here.
:51:59
The country
has evolved,