Harry Truman: “I call upon all our citizens to renew and reaffirm on that day their faith in the principles and ideals embodied in the…”

We built the Bureau of Reclamation's great new Hungry Horse Dam in Montana not as an isolated structure, but as a part of the Columbia Basin system.

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

We have discovered that the Constitution does not prevent us from correcting social injustice, or advancing the general welfare.

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.