
We can't let that happen again, and if I have anything to do with it, it won't happen again!
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We can't let that happen again, and if I have anything to do with it, it won't happen again!

Look forward to the future as the greatest that the world has ever faced.

If we make this peace what these young men who died believed it would be, they will not have died in vain.

This time, we must make sure that the tragic events that followed the First World War are not repeated.

Here in Nebraska a few weeks ago there was a primary election.

Don't let anybody tell you that there are no more opportunities. There are more and greater opportunities now than ever before in the history of the world.

In those years of farm depression, farmers could not sell their crops for a decent price, they could not pay for the equipment they needed, they could not provide a decent living for their families.

We are working heroically and manfully for world peace that will be permanent and that will be lasting.

As long as fire kills and injures so many people and destroys such vast amounts of property each year, we must all strive for better fire prevention and fire protection.

We must carry forward the program of education to show our people the constant need for fire prevention in their homes, schools, factories and offices.

Though this is a final report of the Continuing Committee, I personally feel that our battle against fire and fire hazards has only begun.

This order supersedes Executive Order No. 9958, dated May 15, 1948.

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 206 of the labor-Management Relations Act, 1947 (Public Law 101, 80th Congress), I hereby create a Board of Inquiry, consisting of such members as I shall appoint, to…

I hereby create a board of three members, namely, Grady Lewis, of Washington, D.C., Walter V Schaefer, of Chicago, Illinois, and Curtis W. Roll, of Kokomo, Indiana, to investigate the said disputes.

The disaster caused by the unprecedented floods in the Pacific Northwest makes it imperative that the full resources of the Federal Government be mobilized immediately to furnish such emergency assistance as can be made available through…

All Federal agencies will cooperate with state and local governments and relief agencies and render such assistance as may be within the power and authority of the Federal Government.

I designate the hour beginning at eight o'clock in the evening, Eastern Standard Time, as a period in which all the people of the United States may unite in prayer for a permanent peace.

I do hereby call upon the people of the United States to observe Sunday, May 30, 1948, as Memorial Day by praying to Almighty God, each in accordance with his religious faith, that permanent peace may prevail among men.