The Plan places in the Housing and Home Finance Administrator the functions heretofore vested in the Federal Loan Administrator and the Federal Works Administrator with respect to the housing agencies and functions formerly administered…

I also urge the people of the United States to fly the American flag from their homes on June 14, and I suggest that civic groups and individuals arrange, where feasible, for joint displays of the emblems of the United Nations in…

I again recommend the early enactment of this legislation.

The President's Certificate of Merit shall not be awarded for any act or service performed subsequent to the cessation of hostilities of World War II.

The essential and important difference between the organization established by the Plan and the pre-war arrangement, to which housing agencies and functions would otherwise automatically revert on the termination of Title I of the First…

In brief, this Reorganization Plan groups nearly all of the permanent housing agencies and functions of the Government, and the remaining emergency housing activities, in a Housing and Home Finance Agency with the following constituent…

I do hereby designate June 14, 1947, as Flag Day; and I direct the officials of the Federal Government and request the officials of the State and local governments to have our colors displayed on all public buildings on that day.

A single establishment will unquestionably make for greater efficiency and economy.

The provision of adequate housing will remain a major national objective throughout the next decade.

It is vital that a sound permanent organization of housing activities be established at the earliest possible date in order to insure that housing functions will not be scattered among numerous agencies, with consequent confusion and…

If production abroad had reached similar heights, no materials controls at all would be needed today.

Priority assistance is needed in cases certified by the Secretary of State to be of high public importance and essential to the successful carrying out of the foreign policy of the United States.

Great damage can be done by inability to obtain an occasional machine, or machine parts needed to complete a program or project.

Our own food production has reached great heights, and our own food supplies are excellent.

I hereby prescribe the following regulations for carrying out the provisions of the act.

It is still essential to maintain certain limited materials controls, in order to prevent harm to our own economy and give concrete support to our foreign policy.

The heart of that program is national health insurance.

National health insurance is the most effective single way to meet the Nation's health needs.