Harry Truman: “I wanted to say a word about the Office of War Information.”

This ceremony could be no more than a magnificent burial.

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.

We have discovered that the Constitution does not prevent us from correcting social injustice, or advancing the general welfare.

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.