Harry Truman: “It is anticipated that the budget will be reduced by about $7,100 million.”

The experience of this early period of public action showed that constant vigilance and competent professional guidance are essential to prevent irreparable losses.

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.

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 learned that the mark of a well-managed land lies in the care a Nation gives to its rivers.