Harry Truman: “Nothing else. Read it carefully.”

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

Mrs. Beth Campbell Short may be appointed to a permanent competitive position in the classified civil service of the United States without regard to the competitive provisions of the Civil Service Rules and Regulations.

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.

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…