Harry Truman

I urge you to exert your best efforts to see that this legislation, vital to the veteran and housing generally, is given the earliest practicable consideration.

Yes, I signed that bill.

I therefore urge again the earliest practicable action on this matter by you and your committee.

I will attend to that when it gets up here.

I hadn't given it any thought.

This order supersedes all conflicting provisions of prior Executive orders, including Executive Orders Nos. 8389, as amended, and 9095, as amended.

The Alien Property Custodian shall not exercise any power and authority conferred upon him by any other Executive order with respect to diplomatic and consular property within the Untied States owned or controlled by Germany or Japan…

The Secretary of State is authorized and empowered as he deems necessary in the national interest to direct, manage, supervise or control diplomatic and consular property within the United States owned or controlled by Germany or Japan…

All federal agencies are directed to cooperate with the Secretary of the Interior to the fullest extent possible in carrying out the purposes of this order

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to maintain customary working conditions in the mines and customary procedures for the adjustment of workers' grievances

Subject to the national wage and price stabilization policies as determined by the National Wage Stabilization Board and the Economic Stabilization Director, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, pursuant to the provisions of…

The Secretary of the Interior shall operate the said mines in accordance with such terms and conditions of employment as are in effect at the time of possession thereof is taken subject to the provisions of section 5 of the War Labor…

The Secretary of the Interior shall permit the managements of the mines taken under the provisions of this order to continue with their managerial function to the maximum degree possible consistent with the aims of this order

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to take possession of any and all of the said mines of the Carter Coal Company and, to the extent that he deems necessary, of any real or personal property, franchises, rights…

It is a great pleasure to me to have had this privilege today of showing just what the country thinks about the contributions which these men made to the victory we have just won.

I can't say too much of the men who actually did the work.

It is a very great pleasure to me to have had the privilege of presenting citations to these aircraft carriers.

The carrier now has become the eyes of the fleet--its guardian.

It is hard to appreciate fully just what these carriers meant to the winning of the war in the Pacific, and the winning of the war in the Atlantic.

Authorizing the appointment of Jewell Wood Swofford to a position as Commissioner for Special Services...

I would like to have a report from you in 12 months to see just exactly what you have done toward bringing home to our people the necessity for their continuing to help feed the world.

Whereas by Presidential Executive Order No. 3358 of November 24, 1920, a certain tract of land on Sand Island, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, was set aside for military purposes

NOW THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in my by section 91 of the act of April 30, 1901, 31 Stat. 159, as amended by section 7 of the act of May 27, 1910, 36 Stat. 447, it is order as follows

The following-described tract of land comprising a portion of the lands set aside by the said Executive Order No. 3358 of November 24, 1920, for military purposes, is hereby restored to the Territory of Hawaii for the use of the City and…

I appreciate very much your interest in this matter.