Harry Truman actually said...

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, it is ordered, in the interest of the internal management of the Government, that paragraph 8 of Executive Order No. 9635 of September 29, 1945, prescribing the order of succession of the officers authorized to act as Secretary of the Navy, be, and it hereby is, amended to read:

11/12/1947

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