Harry Truman: “Measures for flood control should be integrated with plans for the use and conservation of water resources for other…”

We have learned that the mark of a well-managed land lies in the care a Nation gives to its rivers.

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…

No more than one National Security Medal shall be awarded to any one person, but for subsequent services justifying an award, a suitable device may be awarded to be worn with the Medal.

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.