Harry Truman

I am a great admirer of engineers.

I don't believe in little plans.

My ambition is to show that that ideology backed by a moral code can do the best for the people of the world.

I have withheld my approval of S. 2115, 'To authorize payments by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs on the purchase of automobiles or other conveyances by certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes.'

Accordingly, I am compelled to withhold approval of S. 2115.

And I invite our citizens to rededicate themselves on November 11, at ceremonies to be held in schools, churches, and other suitable places, to the cause of peace throughout the world.

I AM withholding my approval from S. 1385, a bill providing that the excess-land provisions of the Federal reclamation laws shall not apply to lands that will receive a supplemental water supply from the San Luis Valley project, Colorado.

It will be at least two years before the construction work on the Conejos division is completed.

One great objective of the Federal reclamation program is to foster the establishment and maintenance of farm homes throughout those portions of our country where agricultural operations cannot rely solely upon nature for a water supply.

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby urge the people of the United States to celebrate Friday, November 11, 1949, as Armistice Day by recalling to mind the valor not only of those who…

It does not seem to me to be desirable or necessary to enact a bill of this sweeping character in order to achieve whatever corrective action may be needed to adapt the principle of aiding family-size farms to the particular conditions of…

The excess-land provisions of the law provide the legal mechanism for assuring that the benefits of the irrigation systems will inure to family-size farming enterprises.

I also direct that the flag of the United States be displayed on all Government buildings on that day.

Over a long period of time I have devoted considerable thought to various aspects of the problem which you discuss in your letter of today's date.

The action which you recommend meets with my approval.

Accordingly, I hereby authorize you to arrange for and carry out the transfer which you recommend.

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the above-quoted statutory provisions, do hereby declare and proclaim that the foreign discriminating duties of…

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the act of June 8, 1906, 34 Stat. 225 (16 U.S.C. 431), do proclaim that, subject to all valid…

The member nations have learned from bitter experience that regard for human rights is indispensable to political, economic, and social progress.

I am sincerely hoping that the things which we anticipated for the United Nations at San Francisco and at Flushing Meadows...will eventually come to pass.

I am trying with everything I have to prevent another war.

Our vision is of a better world in which men and nations can live together, respecting one another's rights and cooperating in building a better life for all.

The real dangers confronting us today have their origins in outmoded habits of thought, in the inertia of human nature, and in preoccupation with supposed national interests to the detriment of the common good.

We support this plan and will continue to support it unless or until a better and more effective plan is put forward.

Because the United Nations is the dynamic expression of what all the peoples of the world desire, because it sets up a standard of right and justice for all nations, it is greater than any of its members.