Harry Truman: “I hereby exempt the said Frances Perkins from compulsory retirement for age for an indefinite period of time.”

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

The same reasons which keep other workers from wishing to become coal miners also keep them from expecting---or their employers from offering--wage increases to match every increase the miner receives.

The course of action you recommend has my approval.

I hereby direct all departments and agencies of the Government to cooperate with the Secretary of State in the execution of his authority under this proclamation and any subsequent proclamation, rule, regulation, or order issued in…