mr. harriman was encouraging the country not to listen to it. a word about mr. harriman. for 10 months, he was america's chief negotiator at the paris peace talks. mr. harriman seems to be under some heavy compulsion to justify his failures to anyone who will listen. [laughter] [applause] the networks have shown themselves willing to give him all of the air time he desires. [applause] every american has a right to disagree with the president of the united states and to express publicly that disagreement. the president has a right to communicate directly with the people who elected him. [applause] the people of this country have the right to make up their own minds and form their own opinions about a presidential address without having the president's words and thoughts characterized through the prejudices of hostile critics before they can even be digested. [applause] when winston churchill rallied public opinion to stay the course against hitler's germany, he did not have to contend with a gaggle of commentators raising doubts about whether he was reading public opinion