Harry Truman actually said...

I recommend that the Congress authorize the United States to participate as a member of the International Refugee Organization.

The General Assembly of the United Nations has considered the problem of these displaced persons carefully and at great length.

I hereby designate Carrington Tanner Marshall, formerly Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio, James Tenney Brand, Associa...

This order shall become effective February 23, 1947.