Eisenhower

It is ordered that all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the above-described lands be, and they are hereby, transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture for use, administration, and disposition.

I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America and Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, do hereby proclaim Saturday, May 15, 1954, as Armed Forces Day;

The building of new homes provides only a partial solution to the housing problem.

It is not enough, therefore, to rehabilitate homes in obsolete neighborhoods.

I also call upon my fellow citizens not only to display the flag of the United States on Armed Forces Day, but also to manifest their recognition of the sacrifice and devotion to duty of the men and women of the armed forces by attending…

Our housing deficiencies continue to be serious.

I believe that this message offers the means whereby our Nation may provide more and better homes for our families.

We must eliminate the causes of slums and blight.

I am anxious that Executive Departments and Agencies with responsibilities in the area of foreign economic policy proceed immediately with an intensive review of this report as a first step in the formulation of a unified Administration…

I am confident that, on the basis of the Report, it will be possible to develop a program that will advance the best interests both of the United States and of the free world.

WITH THIS MEMORANDUM, I am transmitting a copy of the Report to the President and the Congress by the Commission on Foreign Economic Policy.

I therefore request that each of you give the fullest cooperation to the Chairman, Mr. Edward F. Bartelt, Fiscal Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, in the work of the Committee.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by subsection (f) of section 514 of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 906), as amended (10 U. S. C. 941a), and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

The reductions in expenditures already accomplished, together with those now proposed, justify the tax reductions which took effect January 1 and the further tax revisions I am recommending.

This budget continues the progress that has been made during the past year in reducing both requests for new appropriations and Government expenditures.

We must restore conditions which will permit traditional American initiative and production genius to push on to ever higher standards of living and employment.

New obligational authority has been reduced 15.5 billion dollars and estimated expenditures have been reduced 12.3 billion dollars since this administration took office.

This order shall become effective at the close of business on December 31, 1953.

I recommend the establishment of a limited Federal reinsurance service to encourage private and non-profit health insurance organizations to offer broader health protection to more families.

The best way for most of our people to provide themselves the resources to obtain good medical care is to participate in voluntary health insurance plans.

Among the concerns of our government for the human problems of our citizens, the subject of health ranks high.

The country is to be congratulated that you have once again been willing to undertake leadership in this work.

The health of our people is the very essence of our vitality, our strength and our progress as a nation.

The purification of drinking water and the pasteurization of milk have prevented countless epidemics and saved thousands of lives.

The nation is faced with basic issues that must be resolved in every one of the areas that you have selected for study.