Harry Truman

Any former employee of a department or agency of the Federal Government who is entitled to the benefits granted by subsection 8 (b) (A) of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 (54 Stat. 890), as amended, and who has entered or…

Any permanent civil-service employee of a department or agency of the Federal Government who possesses special qualifications or experience of particular use to the Military Government authorities of the United States may be transferred…

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 the Constitution of the United States and the aforesaid sections of the Revised Statutes of the…

The Labor Department has a mediator with the operators and with Mr. Lewis, and they are working diligently trying to arrive at a settlement.

I will talk to you about that a little later.

The Case-Russell--that will upset the applecart if it goes through.

I haven't any comment to make on it because I haven't gone into the details.

There is no immediate change contemplated right now.

I will give you a statement on that at the next press conference, and go into detail with you.

Discussed everything that had to do with New York politics, and I listened with a lot of interest.

We will take care of our own, just as we are trying to take care of the other people in the world.

I haven't had a chance as yet.

The Army is acting to meet the situation, and I think have met it very creditably.

I think--I think that there has been a great deal of comment on that.

I used to know something about shirts, but I don't any more.

I haven't thought about it.

Yes, it has been considered.

I am sending down the name of William J. Kennedy of Cleveland, Ohio, to be the Chairman of the Railroad Retirement Board--the one that Murray Latimer left.

And I had one startling thing told to me just this morning: that it takes 32,000 automobiles for each dealer to put one in his window that doesn't, that is not for sale.

A prolonged coal strike? I can answer that categorically. It would knock the whole thing out.

I hereby establish an inter-agency committee, with you or your nominee as chairman, with representatives from the Department of State, Treasury, Commerce, Interior, Labor, the Federal Security Agency, and the Bureau of the Budget.

I wish to see appropriate interdepartmental relationships established among the interested agencies of this government.

This inter-agency committee shall have the responsibility for ensuring that our Government aids to the fullest extent the proper functioning of the FAO.

I am anxious that our relationships with all international organizations have a firm foundation in wide public understanding and participation.

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, including Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941 (55 Stat. 838), and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows