05/21/1947
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"I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the foregoing provision of the Sugar Act of 1937, do hereby find and proclaim..."
"It would not be possible for me to overstate the feeling of personal regret with which I have read your letter of yesterday advising me of your determination to return to private life."
"My lamented predecessor trusted and admired you."
"You have given the government more than five years of devoted service."