Harry Truman

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Title I of the Selective Service Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 604), as amended, it is ordered as follows:

I am requesting that the various Federal agencies concerned, including your Department, organize a temporary interagency committee for the purpose of initiating a comprehensive survey of the resources of this region, and preparing…

The strengthening of our defense program may delay full implementation of the findings of the proposed survey.

I call upon the Governors of each of the several States, the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands and the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and all officers and agents of the United States…

Done at the City of Washington this sixth day of October in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-fifth.

I urge all employers and Government agencies of all kinds - Federal, State, territorial, and local - to give those under their charge sufficient time in which to fulfill the obligations of registration incumbent upon them under the said…

The Selective Service System shall defray necessary expenses of the Committee, including the compensation of the members thereof, within limits of applicable law.

This proclamation shall become effective on the fifth day after the date thereof.

All executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government are requested to cooperate with the Committee and to furnish it such available information as it may require for the performance of its duties.

There is hereby established the National Advisory Committee on the Selection of Doctors, Dentists, and Allied Specialists.

I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby find and declare, on the basis of the said supplemental investigation and report of the United States Tariff Commission, that changed circumstances require the…

I also invite the people of the United States to observe the anniversary in their homes, schools, churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies.

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Thursday, October 12, 1950, as Columbus Day; and I direct that on that day the flag of the United States be displayed on all Government…

As President of the United States, I am privileged to voice this tribute of my profound respect and admiration for valor above and beyond the call of duty which characterized the spirit of our soldiers in those bitter early weeks of the…

I am confident that my words reflect the feeling in the hearts of all Americans.

In a very real sense, our contributions will be for the national defense.

By giving to the Community Chest we fulfill the Biblical injunction to love thy neighbor, and that means help thy neighbor.

I salute you all, and say to all of you from all of us at home, 'Well and nobly done.'

When we help our neighbors--young and old alike--we make them better able to be self-reliant fellow citizens.

By giving to the Community Chest we help people with physical and mental handicaps; we help young mothers who must work for a living; we help older people who need assistance.

This year the Community Chest needs your support more than ever, because the chest must meet emergency needs of the men and women in our Army, Navy, and Air Force.

By giving to the Community Chest, we help young people.

The Community Chest gives each of us an opportunity to help his neighbor.

By giving to the Community Chest, we help the sick.

Tonight we in the United States, and our friends in Canada, are starting the annual Community Chest campaigns.