Harry Truman

The rate of compensation fixed for these officers is that which I have found to prevail in respect of comparable officers in the Executive Branch of the Government.

I transmit herewith Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1950, prepared in accordance with the Reorganization Act of 1949 and providing for reorganizations in the Department of the Interior.

My reasons for transmitting this plan are stated in an accompanying general message.

The purpose is to assure consistent and effective enforcement of such standards.

I have found and hereby declare that it is necessary to include in the accompanying reorganization plan, by reason of reorganizations made thereby, provisions for the appointment and compensation of an Assistant Attorney General and an…

They simply place on him the additional responsibilities for the operations of the staff.

The plans only eliminate multi-headed supervision of internal administrative functioning.

It requires action at once.

I don't like a one-party system.

That directive still stands.

Mr. Ross will answer that question.

I hereby suspend, from and including the effective dates of the said Acts, compliance with the provisions of the said sections

I do hereby designate December 10, 1949, and December 10 of each succeeding year as United Nations Human Rights Day.

This order shall become effective on the thirtieth day following the date hereof.

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman,President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, including the said section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as…

I hereby designate such Commission as a public international organization entitled to enjoy the privileges, exemptions, and immunities conferred by the said International Organizations Immunities Act.

You may be assured that your visit has been a source of great pleasure not only to me, but to the American people.

All the work of the United Nations and its many associated organizations is important in building a peaceful world, but none is more significant than yours.

Our experience, our knowledge, our technical experts are all available to you, and I hope that you will continue to call upon them as needed.

We shall bring better health, longer lives, and greater happiness to mankind everywhere.

It is one mark of civilization to be able to produce abundantly, but it is a more important mark to be able to use abundance for the welfare of all mankind.

If this can be done in our country, think of what can be done to increase production in those parts of the world where modern methods and modern machinery are relatively unknown.

I sincerely hope that our mutual interests and our friendship will continue in the future, as it has in the past.

It was the great Persian Empire that gave us the fundamentals of our laws and our constitution today.

And I sincerely hope that we can be of mutual help to each other.