08/29/1949
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of July 27, 1950, 64 Stat. 379, as amended by section 2 of the act of September 27, 1950, 64 Stat. 1074, and by section 2 of the 1951 Am..."
"The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Treasury are hereby directed to take such steps as they may respectively deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this order."
"Yes. If you will remember, when the matter was under discussion back some months ago, I requested the Chief Justice of the United States to act as chairman for the celebration of the 175th anniversary..."
"I have no knowledge of their plans. Of course, they would be welcome to come here, but I will have to find out what their plans are, before we can take formal notice of the fact."