WHEREAS under the regulations now in force the appointment of postmasters of the fourth class may be made without regard to the competitive provisions of the Civil Service Rules in any case in which the compensation of the office is not in…

If such a policy were established for the education of the dependents of employees of one agency of the Government, its application to all agencies of the Government could not be successfully resisted.

I AM WITHHOLDING my approval of H.R. 4428 entitled, 'An Act to adjust the rate of dividends paid by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation on its capital stocks and to decrease the premium charge for its insurance.'

Paragraph (e) of the bill is objectionable because, in addition to authorizing the payment of educational expenses of dependents of Federal employees in the vicinity of Boulder and Grand Coulee Dams, it provides for the payment of such…

I HAVE WITHHELD my approval of H.R. 5654, a bill 'To provide basic authority for the performance of certain functions and activities of the Bureau of Reclamation'.

It will continue to work just as long as you want it to work.

Subject to the limitations contained in that order, I hereby authorize the Secretary of Commerce to perform and exercise all of the functions and powers vested in and granted to the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Treasury, the…

I have been studying it ever since I was your age, and I don't think a finer system has ever been created in the history of the world.

When people ask what the Government of the United States is, it is you.

This order shall be applicable to articles entered by consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after August 1, 1946

If you will all come by here, I will be glad to shake hands with each one of you.

The welfare of the United States in the next 25 or 30 years is going to be in your hands--the hands of the young men who are now growing up and going to high school and college.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitute and laws of the United States, and particularly by Title 1 of the First War Powers Act, 1941, approved December 18, 1941 (55 Stat. 838), I hereby extend the provisions of Executive…

It is nice to have you boys here as our guests this morning.

For these reasons, I feel obliged to withhold my approval of this measure.

I am convinced that this modification in program can be accomplished without impairing our effective defense.

The Federal Government should not compete with private industry for scarce materials, neither should it compete in any area for scarce labor.

It is therefore essential that the expenditures of the Federal Government stay within the estimates of expenditures transmitted to the Congress in the January Budget.