Freedom-loving peoples can eliminate these conditions only by joining their knowledge and resources in a great cooperative effort.

I believe the Congress of the United States has an opportunity to strike a major blow for peace on behalf of people everywhere by taking rapid and favorable action on this legislation.

Poverty, misery, and insecurity are the conditions on which communism thrives.

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim that the Secretary of the Treasury has found the drug NU-2206 (3-hydroxy-N-methyl-morphinan) to have an addition-forming and…

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Friday, April 14, 1950, as Pan American Day; and I direct the appropriate officials of the Government to have the flag of the United States…

No person can be harmed in any way by furnishing the information required.

We cannot afford to follow that course again.No person can be harmed in any way by furnishing the information required.

A great World War in which our Nation has been involved has wrought unparalleled changes in the growth, location, and characteristics of our people and in their housing and industries.

It is the duty of every person over eighteen years of age to answer all questions in the census schedules applying to him and the family to which he belongs, and to the farm or home occupied by him or his family, and that any person…

The sole purpose of the Census is to secure general statistical information regarding the population, its characteristics, its homes, and its farms.

There need be no fear that disclosure will be made regarding any individual person or his affairs.

I also invite the Governors of the States, Territories, and possessions of the United States and the appropriate officials of municipalities and other political subdivisions, to issue proclamations or take other suitable action with…

And I call upon the schools, churches, and civic organizations, and the people of the United States generally, to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies, thereby giving expression to the cordial sentiments entertained by the…

I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby set apart the month of April 1950 as Cancer Control Month.

After investigation I have found and hereby declare that each reorganization included in Reorganization Plan No. 17 is necessary to accomplish one or more of the purposes set forth in section 2(a) of the Reorganization Act of 1949.

After investigation I have found and hereby declare that each reorganization included in Reorganization Plan No. 13 of 1950 is necessary to accomplish one or more of the purposes set forth in section 2(a) of the Reorganization Act of 1949.

The effect of the plan will be to place the entire responsibility for the approval and administration of the grant and loan provisions of the Water Pollution Control Act in the Federal Security Agency, as the agency with the predominant…

I am confident that this reorganization plan will constitute a significant improvement in Federal business practice and will bring about an important increase in efficiency in housing Government agencies.