Harry Truman

We must catch up morally and internationally with the machine age.

I thought the press had been extremely kind to me, and that the young men who represent you gentlemen here had done a good job of reporting.

As I have said time and again here to the young men who represent you here in the White House, that I didn't care much what was said on the editorial page if I got the facts on the front page!

It is a policy that I think is for the welfare of this country.

The political matters have to speak for themselves in actions, and they do, I think, most of the time.

And that is how the situation developed. It wasn't a sudden proposition that happened in 5 minutes. It had been developing ever since the Germans surrendered.

We want world peace--a just peace for all concerned; and we want to see our borne fires kept burning so we can meet the obligations created by this tremendous expenditure for war.

As a tribute to his effective work in bringing about the establishment of an international organization, he is now known as the 'Father of the United Nations.'

He made diplomacy a powerful weapon in support of our armed strength.

With a high order of statesmanship based on deep loyalty to his country, Mr. Hull served with great distinction and selfless devotion during the years of crises and difficulties.

He labored unceasingly through these years to create conditions for peace.

In the interest of world peace articles supplying a foreign military establishment cannot be left free from Government supervision so far as exports are concerned.

Weapons and implements of war are material weights in the balance of peace or war and we should not be legally bound to be indiscriminate in how they are placed in the scales.

We have committed ourselves to international cooperation through the United Nations.

His home and his grave are in the Nation's keeping.

He died fighting for what he loved most--his country--its homes--its institutions--its people, sharing their stubborn belief in freedom under a just God in whose Almighty beneficence rests the hope of the world this day.

Franklin Roosevelt rests in the spot he held dearest--his home.

He brought hope and courage to despairing hearts when fear was destroying the faith of the people.

It is not for me or for any of his contemporaries to attempt to measure his great stature or to estimate the impact of his words and his deeds upon the days of his years.

I call upon the people of the United States to display the flag on that day in their homes and other suitable places

I direct that the flag be displayed on that day on all Government buildings.

I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of the United States to observe May 22, 1947, as National Maritime Day by displaying the flag at their homes or other suitable places.

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate May 1, 1947, as Child Health Day; and I invite interested individuals and agencies to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies designed…

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 5(b) of the Trading with the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917, 40 Stat. 415, as amended, and…

Our foreign policy must not be wrecked on the rocks of partisanship.