I ask every citizen to do his part by learning how to detect and eliminate all possible causes of fires in his home and in his business, in order to safeguard both lives and property from the holocaust of fire.

Executive Order No. 8533 of September 6, 1940, is amended accordingly

The head of each Federal agency concerned is requested to take such measures within his sphere of responsibility as will result in improved highway safety conditions.

There is hereby established the Federal Committee on Highway Safety.

I hereby designate the Reconstruction Finance Corporation as the agency authorized to sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of, or to enter into arrangements for the extension of the maturity of, any bonds, notes or other securities taken…

The Committee shall promote highway safety and the reduction of highway traffic accidents.

The suspensions of limitations upon punishments for violations of Articles of War 58, 59, 61 and 86, provided by Executive Order No. 9048 of February 3, 1942, and Executive Order No. 9267 of November 9, 1942, are hereby terminated as to…

Punishments for violations of Articles of War 58, 59, 61, and 86 as to offenses committed in occupied enemy territory after the effective date of this order shall be subject to the limitations prescribed by the Table of Maximum…

It is the sincere hope of the President, however, that as a result of the proposed conversations between the British Government and Jewish and Arab representatives a fair solution of the problem of Palestine can be found and immediate…

For these reasons I feel it is my duty to withhold approval from H.R. 4362.

It is also evident that the solution of the Palestine question will not in itself solve the broader problem of the hundreds of thousands of displaced persons in Europe.

It is clear that no settlement of the Palestine problem can be achieved which will be fully satisfactory to all of the parties concerned and that if this problem is to be solved in a manner which will bring peace and prosperity to…

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.

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority invested in me by section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403) and section 1753 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 631), and for the purpose of carrying out the objective aforesaid, the…

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…

Moreover, such authority is likely to result in a duplication of certain functions which the Department of Agriculture and its constituent units are authorized and able to perform.

It is particularly important, from a budgetary standpoint, that this money be returned to the government at as early a date as possible.