Harry Truman

All prior Executive orders in conflict with this order are amended accordingly.

Effective on the date of this order the authority of the Solid Fuels Administrator to exercise any power or functions vested in him by the provisions of Executive Order No. 9332 of April 19, 1943, establishing the Solid Fuels…

Effective at the close of business on June 30, 1947, the Solid Fuels Administration for War is abolished, and Executive Order No. 9332 of April 19, 1943, is revoked.

The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Solid Fuels Administration for War until its abolishment and thereafter through such agency or agencies of the Department of the Interior as he may designate, is authorized to wind up and…

I am immensely interested in the health and welfare of the people of this country.

Safety from fire should not be a topic for discussion during only 1 or 2 weeks of the year.

Imagine 23 million people with eyes out, arms off, legs off! It's terrible!

Our first concern is for the lives of our people, especially those of young people.

I believe that the highest State and municipal officials must assume greater responsibility for leadership in this field.

We can fight the fire problem in exactly the same way.

It is important that there be a continuing recognition of the price problem in all segments of our economy.

It is gratifying to see this fine response m the plea for price reduction.

I am asking the second conference to fix as its minimum goal the saving of 10,000 lives this year.

In issuing this statement both Chiefs of State express their satisfaction with the great cordiality attained in the relations of the peoples they represent, and both, inspired by the ideals of Good Neighborliness and by mutual and full…

I have called the second President's Highway Safety Conference to convene in Washington on June 18, 19, and 20.

It is imperative that Title I of the First War Powers Act remain effective until all of these matters have been dealt with.

The transfer effected by the Plan will eliminate uncertainty as to the Secretary's control over the administration of the Wage and Hour Division and will enable him to tie it into the Department more effectively.

The critical national importance of effective governmental action on labor problems requires proper assignment of responsibility for the administration of Federal labor programs.

I have on several occasions recommended the creation of a single agency for the administration of housing programs.

It is traditional in America for the people to look to the daily and weekly press not only as their source of information about current events but as their trusted guide in bettering the common welfare.

I AM HAPPY to learn of the splendid program the daily and weekly newspapers of the country have adopted for the summer months as their contribution to the effort all of us are making to reduce the shocking cost in lives and human injuries…

With the return to a normal peacetime labor market the danger of violations will be much greater than in recent years.

I am deeply interested in the continued development of the Department of Labor.

The Plan has a two-fold objective, to provide for more orderly transition from war to peacetime operation and to supplement my previous actions looking toward the termination of wartime legislation.

I have found, after investigation, that each reorganization contained in the Plan is necessary to accomplish one or more of the purposes set forth in section 2(a) of the Reorganization Act of 1945.