Harry Truman

I issued it only after the most careful consideration, and after I had satisfied myself beyond any doubt that any other decision would have resulted in the collapse of the loyalty program.

I am, therefore, asking Mr. Seth Richardson, Chairman of the Loyalty Review Board, to have the Board arrange for a complete and detailed review, as soon as possible, of the cases in which charges of disloyalty have been made before your…

I have given very careful consideration to the response contained herein.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, approved October 12, 1949, approved October 12, 1949 (Public Law 351, 81st Congress), and as President of the United States and Commander in…

It will bring appreciably nearer the goal all freedom-loving peoples seek-a peace where all nations live in equality and mutual respect.

These measures are not acts of charity.

We will save nothing if we ignore the needs of other nations now only to find that the result is World War III.

Failure to enact it in its full amount would do irreparable damage.

They are, indeed, the keystone of our protection against the destruction of another war and against the terrible weapons of this atomic age.

The United States turned its back upon the rest of the world after the first world war.

Our armed forces can afford us a measure of defense, but real security for our Nation and all the rest of mankind can come only from building the kind of world where men can live together in peace.

Freedom-loving peoples can eliminate these conditions only by joining their knowledge and resources in a great cooperative effort.

Passage of this Act will strengthen all nations threatened with intimidation, subversion, or direct aggression.

I believe the Congress of the United States has an opportunity to strike a major blow for peace on behalf of people everywhere by taking rapid and favorable action on this legislation.

Poverty, misery, and insecurity are the conditions on which communism thrives.

Approval of this measure will give renewed hope and vigor to people everywhere who are working to achieve their economic independence and maintain their political freedom.

The program called for by this Act is the minimum consistent with the interest of the United States and our efforts to achieve a peaceful world.

It is in the interest of each American that there be a far greater measure of well-being in other lands.

We cannot live isolated in relative wealth and abundance.

We cannot afford to follow that course again.

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim that the Secretary of the Treasury has found the drug NU-2206 (3-hydroxy-N-methyl-morphinan) to have an addition-forming and…

A great World War in which our Nation has been involved has wrought unparalleled changes in the growth, location, and characteristics of our people and in their housing and industries.

And I call upon the schools, churches, and civic organizations, and the people of the United States generally, to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies, thereby giving expression to the cordial sentiments entertained by the…

We cannot afford to follow that course again.No person can be harmed in any way by furnishing the information required.

There need be no fear that disclosure will be made regarding any individual person or his affairs.