Harry Truman: “The Republican Congress hit at the prosperity, of every farmer of the country.”

As far as I am concerned.

I hereby direct all departments and agencies of the Government to cooperate with the Secretary of State in the execution of his authority under this proclamation and any subsequent proclamation, rule, regulation, or order issued in…

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.

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.