Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby officially announce the death of Harlan Fiske Stone, stricken in the public performance of his duties in the highest Court of the Nation in the City…

In testimony of the respect in which his memory is held by the Government and people of the United States, and in recognition of his eminent and varied services as a public servant, I do hereby direct that the National Flag be displayed at…

Through his untimely death the people of the United States have lost the services of an eminent jurist and a distinguished public servant.

His service on the Supreme Court of the United States was characterized by his high sense of duty, his great legal learning and the clarity of his judicial reasoning.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

In cases in which aircraft of the War Department or of the Navy Department are flown by Army or Navy personnel on special missions for the exclusive use of other Federal agencies on official Government business connected with the…

Surely we will not turn our backs on the millions of human beings begging for just a crust of bread.

America cannot remain healthy and happy in the same world where millions of human beings are starving.

The time for talk has passed. The time for action is here.

I am sure I speak for every American when I say that the United States is determined to do everything in is power to relieve the famine of half the world.

Once again I appeal to all Americans to sacrifice, so that others may live.

We have a high responsibility, as Americans, to go to their rescue.

Every slice of bread, every ounce of fat and oil saved by your voluntary sacrifice, will keep starving people alive.

But it does.

Our relations with Russia are as cordial as they have always been.

The 4th of July, nineteen hundred and forty-six!

Mr. Lewis would like to have me comment on that.

I don't know enough about that situation to give you an gent answer.