By virtue of the authority vested in me by the joint resolution approved December 30, 1947 (Public Law 395, 80th Congress), and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Executive Order 9919—Delegating Authority and Establishing Procedures Under the Joint Resolution Approved December 30, 1947
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It would have involved us in all-out war in the Far East, and we have been strenuously trying to avoid that all the time.
It was suggested, and I decided that it wouldn't serve any good purpose, it would be just a piece of demagoguery; and that is what it turned out to be.
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