Harry Truman

As President of the United States I have handed out more medals than any other President--maybe as many as all the rest of the Presidents put together.

I am appreciative of this signal honor you have conferred on me.

I appreciate this medal.

But when he does get a medal, he highly appreciates it.

He usually gets brickbats.

It seems to me that the Air Coordinating Committee is the appropriate agency to assume this responsibility.

I send you herewith the Report of the Airport Commission which was submitted by General Doolittle and his associates on May 16th.

The recommendations of the Commission appear to be sound, and I am anxious that a prompt analysis of the report be made, in order that implementation may be undertaken.

It sets the pattern for future airport development, taking into consideration the welfare of people who now live near airports, and the continuing well-being of our essential air services, both military and commercial.

I would appreciate it if your Committee would make an immediate and intensive study of this report and advise me at an early date as to the action that should be taken to put the recommendations of the Commission into effect.

I appreciate this presentation very much.

It is certainly kind and thoughtful of your Press Club to remember me in this way.

That is a great example.

WHEREAS I have this day approved the said agreement between the Tennessee Valley Authority and the United States Department of Agriculture;

I think you will find that the blood of a 68-year-old man is not fit for the boys.

I would be perfectly willing to do it, but then I think if you consult the doctors in charge of this thing, they want young blood.

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 24 of the act of March 3, 1891, 26 Stat. 1103, and the act of June 4, 1897, 30 Stat. 34, 36 (16 U.S.C. 471, 473), and as President of the United States, and upon the…

I am highly appreciative, and thank you very much.

I shall always treasure it, and I hope that I can live up to the sentiments expressed in the sentence which is on the plaque.

I wish every one of us would get that same habit, because that would contribute greatly to the ease of continuing our defense program on the basis on which it ought to be.

I understand that you have managed to collect 8,000 pints of blood--sent 40,000 letters to the soldiers and people who are out of the country and in the field.

The Federal Government is also trying to help--through the Department of Labor and other Federal agencies.

These figures are not merely dull statistics.

The President's Conference is one of the most important means for accomplishing real advances in industrial safety.

I am very glad to meet again with the President's Conference on Industrial Safety.