Harry Truman actually said...

The Department of Defense is authorized, within the limits of the amounts appropriated and the contract authorization provided therefor, to enter into contracts and into amendments or modifications of contracts heretofore or hereafter made

Context

Executive Order 10210—Authorizing the Department of Defense and the Department of Commerce to Exercise the Functions and...

02/01/1951

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