Harry Truman: “The acceptance as a basis for negotiation, I think, is the way that it has been accepted all the way around.”

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

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…

They should be strong enough to see that unified multiple-purpose development is planned for, and works operated harmoniously in each basin-wide comprehensive system.

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