Harry Truman: “I have conferred with the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs and the Federal Security Administrator and they share in my…”

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.

This ceremony could be no more than a magnificent burial.

I feel the Committee has done a thorough job of investigation and I wish to call your attention to these suggestions, some of which, I am sure, would be helpful.

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