03/02/1947
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"I have today signed H.R. 4754 which was passed by the Congress 'To simplify the procurement, utilization, and disposal of Government property, to reorganize certain agencies of the Government, and for..."
"I have always made it perfectly clear that a businessman doesn't have to hire a go-between to get Government contracts."
"I find that the extraordinary emergency described in the said Executive Order and constituting the basis of the suspension effected thereby still exists."
"I recommend it to the consideration of the Congress in connection with such further provision as may be made for the continuance of Federal aid for highway construction."