Harry Truman: “I hereby further exempt the said Claude L. Draper from compulsory retirement for age for a period of five years expiring…”

I am happy to join with you in the recognition of the 70th Anniversary of the establishment of the Federal Civil Service merit system.

I am glad that the Bill of Rights is at last to be exhibited side by side with the Constitution.

Without multiple-purpose river basin development, I believe that few of these accomplishments would have been possible.

They should be strong enough to see that unified multiple-purpose development is planned for, and works operated harmoniously in each basin-wide comprehensive system.