Letter to the Vice President on Reorganization Plans 1 and 2 of 1949.
08/11/1949
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The weapons of destruction have become so powerful and so terrible that we can't even think of another all-out war.
It's a little too soon to tell you that.
The Constitution belongs to no one group of people and to no single branch of the Government.
The Secretary of the Navy shall award the Purple Heart, in the name of the President of the United States, to any person...