Harry Truman

I deeply appreciate the accomplishments of the Board, as summarized in your letter, and I shall await with interest the submission of your more detailed terminal report.

I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution of the United States and by sections 21, 22, 23 and 24 of Title 50 of the United States Code, do proclaim that…

This reservation shall be known as the Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge.

This order shall become effective on January 1, 1946.

The said Executive Order No. 8929 of November 1, 1941, is hereby revoked.

The need for the operation of the Coast Guard as a part of the Navy no longer exists.

The Coast Guard shall operate under the Department of the Treasury.

This order is subject to the following exceptions, provisions, and conditions:

I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon officials of the Government to have the flag of the United States displayed on all Government buildings on January 5, 1946 in commemoration of the…

This order shall be effective as of the opening of business January 28, 1946.

All prior regulations, rulings, and other directives relating to any function transferred by this order shall remain in effect except as they are in conflict with this order or are hereafter amended or revoked under proper authority.

Such further measures and dispositions as may be determined by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget to be necessary to effectuate the transfers provided for in this order shall be carried out in such manner as the Director may direct…

That would be purely voluntary.

I consider a program of assistance to the Philippines essential to our relationship with the people there.

John Snyder's resignation has never been under contemplation.

It isn't true--it isn't true at all.

That bomb had more power than 20,000 tons of T.N.T.

I shall recommend that the Congress of the United States consider promptly the establishment of an appropriate commission to control the production and use of atomic power within the United States.

The fact that we can release atomic energy ushers in a new era in man's understanding of nature's forces.

We shall completely destroy Japan's power to make war.

It is an atomic bomb. It is a harnessing of the basic power of the universe.

With this bomb we have now added a new and revolutionary increase in destruction to supplement the growing power of our armed forces.

The Medal of Freedom shall not be awarded to a citizen of the United States for any act or service performed within the continental limits of the United States or to a member of the armed forces of the United States.

It is my desire, therefore, that, with the exception of the War Department, the Navy Department, the Treasury Department, the Veterans Administration, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Panama Canal, the head of each department and…

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1946 (Public Law 24, 79th Congress), section 108 of the Naval Appropriation Act, 1946 (Public Law 62, 79th Congress), and section 7 of the…