Harry Truman: “Gentlemen, the eyes of the Nation are upon you as you meet here in the White House today.”

I hereby direct all departments and agencies of the Government to cooperate with the Secretary of State in the execution of his authority under this proclamation and any subsequent proclamation, rule, regulation, or order issued in…

The people of the United States have a very great asset in this force.

We have discovered that the Constitution does not prevent us from correcting social injustice, or advancing the general welfare.

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.