Harry Truman: “Executive Order No. 8533 of September 6, 1940, is amended accordingly”

There is hereby established a medal to be known as the National Security Medal with accompanying ribbons and appurtenances.

I am happy to join with you in the recognition of the 70th Anniversary of the establishment of the Federal Civil Service merit system.

They should be strong enough to see that unified multiple-purpose development is planned for, and works operated harmoniously in each basin-wide comprehensive system.

We have learned that the mark of a well-managed land lies in the care a Nation gives to its rivers.