Harry Truman: “The American people want to know what kind of government they can expect from the men and women they elect to office.”

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.

We venerate these documents not because they are old, not because they are valuable historical relics, but because they still have meaning for us.

I have great faith and confidence in our civil servants.

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…