11/09/1947
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"To commemorate that event, I had the White House carpenters make this gavel of wood that was put into the White House in 1817."
"So you can pack your grips and get ready to go on Friday."
"I served 10 years with the Congress--you will be a great bunch of young men."
"It is a pleasure to me, as I said before, to see you young men who are so thoroughly and completely interested in the welfare of the Nation."