Harry Truman

There are hereby transferred from the Department of Commerce to the Small Defense Plants Administration the functions.

It is an emergency which is hard for people to understand, because in a lot of instances it does not really touch them except when they have to pay taxes to support the situation--and then they scream like they always do when you have…

And I hope the time will come when you will expire from old age, because there won't be any foreign wars.

I have made this determination upon the recommendation of the Director for Mutual Security with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Defense.

I had thought it would be better for my name not to appear on any ballot at this time as a candidate for President until I am ready to make an announcement as to whether I shall seek reelection.

You are hereby assigned operational command, of the United States Armed forces assigned to the U.S. Atlantic Command, to the extent necessary for the accomplishment of your mission.

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman,President of the United States of America, in consonance with the joint resolution, do hereby call upon officials and agencies of the Government to assist and cooperate with the Inter-American Cultural…

I have designated you for this new international command which embraces a large area under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

You are hereby authorized to use officers and enlisted personnel of the U.S. Armed forces and civilian employees of the U.S. Government, on your staff as you consider appropriate in numbers and grades as necessary.

I want to call your attention to those two citations--among the most remarkable I have ever read.

Wouldn't it be a wonderful thing if in our civil affairs we had fighters for the right like these two young men.

I hope that their example will be enough to cause more people to take the responsibility for government that they should take, and to fight for the right as these two young men fought for liberty and the welfare of the world.

We should not be content to be merely a customer of Canada's for the use of the seaway after it is built.

The seaway will be self-liquidating through the collection of tolls.

We can have an adequate voice in setting the tolls on all these cargoes only if we join in constructing the seaway.

The St. Lawrence project will greatly benefit both Canada and the United States.

We should join with Canada in building the seaway, third, because it is a project along our common boundary in which both countries have a substantial interest.

The project is of great importance to our national security and our economic growth.

We should join in constructing the seaway, first, because it is important to our national security.

I strongly believe that the United States should join as a full partner with Canada in building the seaway.

It has been shown over and over again that the cost of the relatively small amount of materials and manpower needed for this project will be fully repaid in tolls and power receipts; and, in addition, the project will yield savings and…

Competent and unbiased experts have always come to the conclusion that the construction of a deep water channel connecting the Great Lakes with the Gulf of St. Lawrence will be of great importance to the strong and expanding transportation…

I wish to call to the attention of the Congress the immediate urgency of action on legislation to authorize the construction of the St. Lawrence seaway and power project.

I strongly recommend, therefore, that the Congress promptly enact legislation to carry out the 1941 Agreement for joint completion of the St. Lawrence seaway and power project.

Second, we should join in constructing the St. Lawrence seaway because it will be of very large significance to the commerce and the industry of our country.