Harry Truman: “I will announce it when we are ready to make the appointment.”

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…

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.

The Constitution is a living force--it is a growing thing.

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