Harry Truman: “I desire to express my deep appreciation of the splendid service they have rendered during the very difficult transition…”

I believe that the report is of great value.

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.

Without multiple-purpose river basin development, I believe that few of these accomplishments would have been possible.

It is my fervent hope as I leave the Office of the Presidency that recent reckless attacks which can destroy that great asset will subside and that we will continue to go forward in creating a skilled corps of men and women with a public…