Harry Truman: “They ought to be—they ought to be.”

We know that large reserves of generating capacity are vital to economic health and to national security.

We built the Bureau of Reclamation's great new Hungry Horse Dam in Montana not as an isolated structure, but as a part of the Columbia Basin system.

Without multiple-purpose river basin development, I believe that few of these accomplishments would have been possible.

No more than one National Security Medal shall be awarded to any one person, but for subsequent services justifying an award, a suitable device may be awarded to be worn with the Medal.