Harry Truman: “If it is necessary for me to send them things to do, I shall certainly do it.”

The longer I live, the more I am impressed by the significance of our simple official oath to uphold and defend the Constitution.

That is his duty. That is his duty.

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

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 140 I64 Stat. 107, 145); and as Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of Defense the…