Harry Truman: “There is going to come a time now when people are going to be sorry that they ever saw a soldier or a sailor or a…”

I am happy to join with you in the recognition of the 70th Anniversary of the establishment of the Federal Civil Service merit system.

I can't see any good purpose to be served by that.

We venerate these documents not because they are old, not because they are valuable historical relics, but because they still have meaning for us.

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…