Harry Truman: “Mr. Davis was acting in good faith, be sure and get that.”

It would have involved us in all-out war in the Far East, and we have been strenuously trying to avoid that all the time.

I have great faith and confidence in our civil servants.

No more than one National Security Medal shall be awarded to any one person, but for subsequent services justifying an award, a suitable device may be awarded to be worn with the Medal.

We have learned that the mark of a well-managed land lies in the care a Nation gives to its rivers.