Harry Truman: “I have today informed the Director of the Bureau of the Budget that…”

On the recordMay 17, 1949

I have today informed the Director of the Bureau of the Budget that the drafts of organic legislation for Guam and American Samoa, prepared by the Department of the Interior, have my approval.

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Harry Truman

Democratic · Missouri

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Letter to the Secretary of the Interior on the Transfer of the Pacific Islands to Civilian Administration.

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