On the recordMay 7, 1950
Today, May 8th, is the fifth anniversary of V-E Day.
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Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska
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Dec 10, 1952
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.
Nov 24, 1952
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 91 of the act of April 30, 1900, 31 Stat. 159, as amended by section 7 of the act of My 27, 1910, 36 Stat. 447, it is ordered as follows:
Nov 9, 1952
The administration of that portion of the trust territory which includes the islands of Tinian and Saipan is hereby transferred from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of the Navy.
Nov 24, 1952
I am concerned that the program outlined above be initiated at the earliest practicable date.
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