The President's News Conference
05/02/1951
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This order shall supersede Executive Order No. 9277 of December 3, 1941, entitled 'Award of the Purple Heart to Persons ...
Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, conforming to our hallowed custom, and in...
He is just talking on his suspicions. That is the usual thing in a turnover.
It is an office that is without parallel in the history of the world.