Harry Truman: “I propose that we meet that challenge head on.”

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.

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.

As far as I am concerned.

Mrs. Beth Campbell Short may be appointed to a permanent competitive position in the classified civil service of the United States without regard to the competitive provisions of the Civil Service Rules and Regulations.