The President's News Conference
02/06/1946
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This order shall supersede Executive Order No. 9277 of December 3, 1941, entitled 'Award of the Purple Heart to Persons ...
The weapons of destruction have become so powerful and so terrible that we can't even think of another all-out war.
It is an office that is without parallel in the history of the world.
I am concerned that the program outlined above be initiated at the earliest practicable date.