The President's News Conference
07/31/1946
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The Red Cross has also been busy this past year in bringing relief to the victims of floods and disasters.
In this last year the men and women of our country have given over a million pints of blood through the Red Cross.
The commission shall be deemed to be established as of February 9, 1952.
Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me... do procl...