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Harry Truman: “By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 12 of the act of March 4, 1923, 42 Stat. 1509, as amended by the act…”

On the recordMay 13, 1949
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 12 of the act of March 4, 1923, 42 Stat. 1509, as amended by the act of June 26, 1946, 60 Stat. 318, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 10057—Transferring to the American Battle Monuments Commission Functions Pertaining to Certain United States

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