Harry Truman

Don't let anybody tell you that there are no more opportunities. There are more and greater opportunities now than ever before in the history of the world.

In those years of farm depression, farmers could not sell their crops for a decent price, they could not pay for the equipment they needed, they could not provide a decent living for their families.

We are working heroically and manfully for world peace that will be permanent and that will be lasting.

As long as fire kills and injures so many people and destroys such vast amounts of property each year, we must all strive for better fire prevention and fire protection.

This order supersedes Executive Order No. 9958, dated May 15, 1948.

We must carry forward the program of education to show our people the constant need for fire prevention in their homes, schools, factories and offices.

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 206 of the labor-Management Relations Act, 1947 (Public Law 101, 80th Congress), I hereby create a Board of Inquiry, consisting of such members as I shall appoint, to…

I hereby create a board of three members, namely, Grady Lewis, of Washington, D.C., Walter V Schaefer, of Chicago, Illinois, and Curtis W. Roll, of Kokomo, Indiana, to investigate the said disputes.

Though this is a final report of the Continuing Committee, I personally feel that our battle against fire and fire hazards has only begun.

All Federal agencies will cooperate with state and local governments and relief agencies and render such assistance as may be within the power and authority of the Federal Government.

The disaster caused by the unprecedented floods in the Pacific Northwest makes it imperative that the full resources of the Federal Government be mobilized immediately to furnish such emergency assistance as can be made available through…

I designate the hour beginning at eight o'clock in the evening, Eastern Standard Time, as a period in which all the people of the United States may unite in prayer for a permanent peace.

I do hereby call upon the people of the United States to observe Sunday, May 30, 1948, as Memorial Day by praying to Almighty God, each in accordance with his religious faith, that permanent peace may prevail among men.

In all humility we wish to acknowledge our need for divine guidance.

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, c. 3060, 34 Stat. 225 (16 U.S.C. 431), do proclaim that, subject to…

The Director of the national Park Service, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall have the supervision, management, and control of this monument as provided in the act of Congress entitled 'An Act To Establish a…

I am therefore convinced that the increases which have become necessary in other Federal expenditures present no valid reason for delaying Federal aid to education.

I hope that legislation for this purpose will soon be passed also by the House of Representatives.

I regard the proper education of our youth as a matter of paramount importance to the welfare and security of the United States.

I urge, in the strongest possible terms, the favorable consideration of your Committee and of the Congress.

I believe that instead of limiting coverage it should be expanded, and that a number of other improvements should be made.

I strongly recommend that the protection of the Federal old-age and survivors insurance system be extended as rapidly as possible to the groups now excluded.

The passage of the Social Security Act in 1935 marked a great advance in our concept of the means by which our citizens, through their Government, can provide against common economic risks.

I wish I was 18 years old.

This is the mechanical age, and you must be an expert in some line if you are going to make a success in this great day.