
As a general policy, I am opposed to it.
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As a general policy, I am opposed to it.

The police state methods are only when they are carried out by a dictator.

THE PRESIDENT of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Gold Star in lieu of the Fourth Distinguished Service Medal to FLEET ADMIRAL CHESTER WILLIAM NIMITZ, UNITED STATES NAVY

The message is what I want, and I want it carried out to the letter.

I have made up my mind, and I am going to suggest in the reorganization plan after the first of the year, that both be transferred to the Department of Labor.

In a short time. I can't give you the exact date.

I know nothing about it. I have no comment to make on it.

Since to comprehend and value our liberties is the first condition of remaining free,

I urge the people of the Nation to reexamine and to reflect upon the provisions of our Constitution which secure our freedom under law -

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate December 15, 1947, as Bill of Rights Day;

The period for the establishment of an adequate shipping service for Canton Island is further extended to January 1, 1953.

We have permanently safeguarded an irreplaceable primitive area.

For conservation of the human spirit, we need places such as Everglades National Park where we may be more keenly aware of our Creator's infinitely varied, infinitely beautiful, and infinitely bountiful handiwork.

The battle for conservation cannot be limited to the winning of new conquests.

We have assembled to dedicate to the use of all the people for all time, the Everglades National Park.

The establishment of this park is an object lesson and an example to the entire Nation that sound conservation depends upon the joint endeavors of the people and their several governments.

These are the people's parks, owned by young and old, by those in the cities and those on the farms.