Harry Truman: “This order is subject to the following exceptions, provisions, and conditions:”

The people of the United States have a very great asset in this force.

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

I have great faith and confidence in our civil servants.

It is my fervent hope as I leave the Office of the Presidency that recent reckless attacks which can destroy that great asset will subside and that we will continue to go forward in creating a skilled corps of men and women with a public…