Harry Truman: “I think the communiqué is all the comment that is necessary.”

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.

The decoration established by this order shall be awarded by the President of the United States or, under regulations approved by him, by such person or persons as he may designate.

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

I enjoin upon all officers of the United States charged with the execution of the laws thereof the utmost diligence in preventing violations of section 215 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and this proclamation, including the…