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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Mar 25, 1948

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman,President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid section 411 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, approved June 19, 1934, do hereby prescribe and proclaim the following rates of toll to be paid by vessels using the Panama Canal:

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Mar 25, 1948

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, hereby declare and proclaim that the articles listed below shall, on and after April 15, 1948, be considered arms, ammunition, and implements of war for the purposes of section 12 of the said joint resolution of Congress.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Mar 24, 1948

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman,President of the United States of America, do hereby set apart the month of April 1948 as Cancer Control Month; and I invite the Governors of the several States and the Territories and possessions of the United States to issue similar proclamations.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Mar 24, 1948

I also invite the medical profession, the press, the radio, the motion-picture industry, and all organizations and individuals interested in a national program for the control of cancer by education and other cooperative means to unite during the month of April in a concerted effort to impress upon the people of the Nation the vital importance to their health and to the welfare of the Nation of a program for the control of cancer and the necessity for their cooperation in such a program.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Mar 23, 1948

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman,President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the act of June 8, 1906, 34 Stat. 225 (16 U.S.C. 431), do proclaim that, subject to valid existing rights, the following-described lands in Florida are hereby added to and reserved as a part of the Fort Matanzas National Monument

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Mar 23, 1948

Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized persons not to appropriate, injure, destroy, deface, or remove any feature of this monument and not to locate or settle upon any of the lands reserved by this proclamation

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Mar 19, 1948

I, Harry S. Truman,President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Wednesday, April 14, 1948, as Pan American Day

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Mar 19, 1948

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Wednesday, April 14, 1948, as Pan American Day

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Mar 17, 1948

As provided by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, from this date and for thirty days after the board has made its report to the President, no change, except by agreement, shall be made by the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis or its employees in the conditions out of which the said dispute arose.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Mar 16, 1948

We must beware of those who are devoting themselves to sowing the seeds of disunity among our people.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Mar 16, 1948

The adoption of universal training by this nation at this time would serve notice on the world that our pleas for peace were not mere idle words, but that we had the strength to back up our will for peace.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Mar 16, 1948

I can express my firm conviction that, at this moment in history, the faith and strength of the United States are mighty forces for the prevention of war and the establishment of peace.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Mar 16, 1948

I am here today to report to you on the critical nature of the situation in Europe, and to recommend action for your consideration.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Mar 16, 1948

We must not fall victim to the insidious propaganda that peace can be obtained solely by wanting peace.

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