There is hereby established the National Advisory Committee on Mobilization Policy to consult with and advise the National Security Resources Board on national mobilization policy.

I hereby prescribe the following amendments of the Selective Service Regulations prescribed by Executive Order No. 9979 of July 20, 1948, and constituting portions of Chapter XVI of Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

It is my desire that this survey be undertaken as soon as practicable and that the joint report be submitted for my consideration not later than July 1, 1952.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Title I of the Selective Service Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 604), as amended, it is ordered as follows:

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 206 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, approved October 12, 1949 (Public Law 351, 81st Congress), and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the…

The strengthening of our defense program may delay full implementation of the findings of the proposed survey.

Except as otherwise specifically provided, a 'special registrant' is a person in a medical, dental, or allied specialist category registered under section 4(i) of the Selective Service Act of 1948, as amended.

As its first order of business the committee, through joint planning of all the member agencies, should prepare a detailed program spelling out the method by which the comprehensive survey will be undertaken, together with a consolidated…

I call upon the Governors of each of the several States, the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands and the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and all officers and agents of the United States…

Done at the City of Washington this sixth day of October in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-fifth.

I urge all employers and Government agencies of all kinds - Federal, State, territorial, and local - to give those under their charge sufficient time in which to fulfill the obligations of registration incumbent upon them under the said…

This proclamation shall become effective on the fifth day after the date thereof.

I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby find and declare, on the basis of the said supplemental investigation and report of the United States Tariff Commission, that changed circumstances require the…

The Selective Service System shall defray necessary expenses of the Committee, including the compensation of the members thereof, within limits of applicable law.

All executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government are requested to cooperate with the Committee and to furnish it such available information as it may require for the performance of its duties.

There is hereby established the National Advisory Committee on the Selection of Doctors, Dentists, and Allied Specialists.

I also invite the people of the United States to observe the anniversary in their homes, schools, churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies.

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Thursday, October 12, 1950, as Columbus Day; and I direct that on that day the flag of the United States be displayed on all Government…