Harry Truman

I hereby prescribe the following regulations for carrying out the provisions of the joint resolution

The essential and important difference between the organization established by the Plan and the pre-war arrangement, to which housing agencies and functions would otherwise automatically revert on the termination of Title I of the First…

It is vital that a sound permanent organization of housing activities be established at the earliest possible date in order to insure that housing functions will not be scattered among numerous agencies, with consequent confusion and…

No lesser objective is commensurate with the productive capacity and resources of the country or with the dignity which a true democracy accords the individual citizen.

I also urge the people of the United States to fly the American flag from their homes on June 14, and I suggest that civic groups and individuals arrange, where feasible, for joint displays of the emblems of the United Nations in…

By reason of the reorganizations made by the Plan, I have found it necessary to include therein provisions for the appointment of (1) an Administrator to head the Housing and Home Finance Agency, (2) the three members of the Home Loan Bank…

It would leave the Government without effective machinery for the coordination and supervision of its housing activities and would thrust upon the Chief Executive an impossible burden of administrative supervision.

I am transmitting herewith Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1947, prepared in accordance with the Reorganization Act of 1945.

They require coordination and supervision so that each will render its full contribution without conflict with the performance of other housing functions.

I do hereby designate June 14, 1947, as Flag Day; and I direct the officials of the Federal Government and request the officials of the State and local governments to have our colors displayed on all public buildings on that day.

A single establishment will unquestionably make for greater efficiency and economy.

The President's Certificate of Merit shall not be awarded for any act or service performed subsequent to the cessation of hostilities of World War II.

In brief, this Reorganization Plan groups nearly all of the permanent housing agencies and functions of the Government, and the remaining emergency housing activities, in a Housing and Home Finance Agency with the following constituent…

I again recommend the early enactment of this legislation.

In this way the Plan provides machinery for promoting the most effective use of all the housing functions of the Government, for obtaining consistency between these functions and the general economic and fiscal policies of the Government…

To avoid this danger and to accomplish the needed changes promptly, it is desirable to employ a reorganization plan under the Reorganization Act of 1945.

The primary responsibility for meeting housing needs rests, and must continue to rest, with private industry, as I have stated on other occasions.

The Plan places in the Housing and Home Finance Administrator the functions heretofore vested in the Federal Loan Administrator and the Federal Works Administrator with respect to the housing agencies and functions formerly administered…

I need hardly point out that such a scattering of these interrelated functions would not only be inefficient and wasteful but also would seriously impair their usefulness.

The provision of adequate housing will remain a major national objective throughout the next decade.

Priority assistance is needed in cases certified by the Secretary of State to be of high public importance and essential to the successful carrying out of the foreign policy of the United States.

If production abroad had reached similar heights, no materials controls at all would be needed today.

Our own food production has reached great heights, and our own food supplies are excellent.

I hereby prescribe the following regulations for carrying out the provisions of the act.

It is still essential to maintain certain limited materials controls, in order to prevent harm to our own economy and give concrete support to our foreign policy.