Harry Truman: “I do hereby designate Saturday, October 12, 1946, as Columbus Day.”

The course of action you recommend has my approval.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 140 I64 Stat. 107, 145); and as Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of Defense the…

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.

I believe that the report is of great value.