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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 30, 1947

I hereby prescribe the following regulations for carrying out the provisions of the joint resolution

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 30, 1947

The said Executive Order No. 3358 of November 24, 1920, is modified accordingly.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 30, 1947

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of May 22, 1947, entitled 'An Act to Provide for Assistance to Greece and Turkey,'

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 30, 1947

I hereby designate such organizations as public international organizations entitled to enjoy the privileges, exemptions, and immunities conferred by the said Act.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 30, 1947

I hereby designate Charles B. Sears, formerly Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals of New York, William C. Christianson, formerly Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Minnesota, and Frank N. Richman, formerly Judge of the Supreme…

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 30, 1947

The field administrator shall act under the guidance and in accordance with the instructions of the Secretary of State

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 30, 1947

The designation of the above-named organizations as public international organizations within the meaning of the said International Organizations Immunities Act is not intended to abridge in any respect privileges and immunities which such…

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 30, 1947

I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority conferred upon me by the said act of June 15, 1917, do hereby revoke the said Proclamation No. 2412 of June 27, 1940.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 26, 1947

No lesser objective is commensurate with the productive capacity and resources of the country or with the dignity which a true democracy accords the individual citizen.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 26, 1947

They require coordination and supervision so that each will render its full contribution without conflict with the performance of other housing functions.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 26, 1947

It would leave the Government without effective machinery for the coordination and supervision of its housing activities and would thrust upon the Chief Executive an impossible burden of administrative supervision.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 26, 1947

By reason of the reorganizations made by the Plan, I have found it necessary to include therein provisions for the appointment of (1) an Administrator to head the Housing and Home Finance Agency, (2) the three members of the Home Loan Bank…

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 26, 1947

To avoid this danger and to accomplish the needed changes promptly, it is desirable to employ a reorganization plan under the Reorganization Act of 1945.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 26, 1947

I am transmitting herewith Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1947, prepared in accordance with the Reorganization Act of 1945.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 26, 1947

I need hardly point out that such a scattering of these interrelated functions would not only be inefficient and wasteful but also would seriously impair their usefulness.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 26, 1947

The primary responsibility for meeting housing needs rests, and must continue to rest, with private industry, as I have stated on other occasions.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 26, 1947

In this way the Plan provides machinery for promoting the most effective use of all the housing functions of the Government, for obtaining consistency between these functions and the general economic and fiscal policies of the Government…

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