May 14, 1952: President Truman "Asks" the CAP for Its Help with Congress

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On this date, President Harry S. Truman addressed a Civil Air Patrol dinner put on for members of Congress and joked that he needed their help in getting some legislation passed through Capitol Hill.

An excerpt from the Truman Library: 

Now, I want to congratulate the Civil Air Patrol on the approach it is making to Congress by having this dinner. I don't know just what you want out of Congress, but I will say to you you are going at it the right way. In fact, I would like to make a deal with you. I would like to team up with you. I will help you get what you want from the Congress--although I haven't got very much influence with them these days-if you will help me get what I want. You know, I have a little trouble in that regard, sometimes. I have got some wonderful friends in the Congress who understand what the program is all about and who fight valiantly for it. But, you know, it is a terrific thing to get a Congress to work in a presidential election year. Nobody knows that better than I do.

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