Harry Truman

I don't think there's a greater one in the history of the country.

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows

Upon the submission if its report, the Board shall continue in existence to perform such other functions as may be required under the said Act, until the Board is terminated by the President

The Board shall report to the President in accordance with the provisions of section 206 of the said Act on or before June 8, 1948

Accordingly, I cannot give my approval to the bill.

You Young Democrats [...] must see the light, and you must see that the people of this country see the light.

Our various agricultural programs have been designed to achieve these principal objectives:Sound and lasting economic well-being for our farm population.

This is a basic requirement for progressive advancement of the welfare and prosperity of our own Nation.

I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of the Congress supplemental estimates of appropriation in the amount of $2,434,441,000 for the fiscal year 1949 for the National Military Establishment, in the form of amendments…

From and after 12 o'clock noon, Eastern Standard Time, on the said 10th day of May, 1948, all properties taken under this order shall be conclusively deemed to be within the possession and control of the United States

I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed

Your contribution in devising means and furnishing provisions for the relief of hunger and want in countries devastated by the war has been of highest importance.

The Secretary is authorized to furnish protection for persons employed or seeking employment in or with the transportation systems of which possession is taken hereunder

You have justified abundantly the confidence which I reposed in you.

Every American farmer can bear witness to the benefits which have accrued from your administration.

Although I do so reluctantly and with deep regret, I acquiesce in your decision and accept, effective at the close of business this day, your resignation as Secretary of Agriculture.

I had hoped that conditions would permit you to continue longer in your present post of responsibility.

It is also due to your foresight that agriculture has not gone into the decline which was so disastrous to American farmers after World War I.

With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, I transmit herewith a treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation between the United States of America and the Italian Republic.

In either of the cases described in paragraph 2 hereof, the certification shall be accepted as prima facie evidence of the facts to which certification is made.

I am also referring the texts of the conventions and recommendations to the House of Representatives.

If enacted into law, this bill would make the social security rights of these employees depend almost completely upon the form in which their employers might choose to cast their employment contracts.

The security and welfare of our nation demand an expression of social security to cover the groups which are now excluded from the program.

I believe that the act should be made permanent.

I consider it my clear duty, therefore, to return H.R. 4790 without my approval.