Harry Truman: “It is a great pleasure to perform this service.”

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.

Without multiple-purpose river basin development, I believe that few of these accomplishments would have been possible.

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.

We have discovered that the Constitution does not prevent us from correcting social injustice, or advancing the general welfare.