Harry Truman: “I have received that recommendation, and I am glad to get it.”

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.

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

The experience of this early period of public action showed that constant vigilance and competent professional guidance are essential to prevent irreparable losses.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 140 I64 Stat. 107, 145); and as Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of Defense the…