The President's News Conference
06/29/1949
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The ultimate responsibility is mine in any event.
This order shall supersede Executive Order No. 9277 of December 3, 1941, entitled 'Award of the Purple Heart to Persons ...
He is just talking on his suspicions. That is the usual thing in a turnover.
You can't run the Government without it.