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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Sep 13, 1948

It seems to me that it is entirely improper for any Senator, no matter what his politics or his rank in the Senate may be, to attempt to put the heat on one of the Executive Departments.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Sep 13, 1948

This order supersedes Executive Orders No. 8356 of March 2, 1940, and No. 8377 of March 18, 1940 (3 CFR Cum. Supp. 624, 632).

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Sep 12, 1948

Science will change our lives in the century ahead even more than it has changed them in the hundred years just past.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Sep 12, 1948

Scientists do not want to work in ivory towers, but they do want to work in an atmosphere free from suspicion, personal insult, or politically motivated attacks.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Sep 12, 1948

I hope you will also be thinking about the relationship between science and our national policy.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Sep 12, 1948

In the 100 years since this association was organized, science has helped transform the United States into the most productive nation in the world.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Sep 12, 1948

Our problem is to continue to engage in pure--or fundamental--research in all scientific fields.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Sep 7, 1948

No change, except by agreement, shall be made by the Public Belt Railroad Commission for the City of New Orleans or its employees in the conditions out of which the said dispute arose.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Sep 7, 1948

I also direct that the appropriate agencies of the Federal Government assist in every feasible way in the celebration of Air Force Day

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