The Report represents a major contribution to the sum of knowledge in this field and deserves serious consideration by Government, labor, management and the public.

I therefore urge my fellow countrymen to be mindful of the Army's needs

There is no means by which we can better honor our heroic dead than by our support of their living comrades

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Monday, April 7, 1947, as Army Day

Together we must live and together we must prosper.

If a realistic view of the world takes full account of the differences that separate nations, it must also take full account of the common beliefs that unite nations.

The function of the state is to preserve and promote human rights and fundamental freedoms.

The efforts of the War Department to reach the desired goal of an entirely volunteer Regular Army are worthy of the maximum support on the part of the Administration, the Congress and the people.

The good-neighbor policy, which guides the course of our inter-American relations, is equally simple.

The United States and Mexico are working together for the mutual benefit of their peoples and the peace of the world.

It is an expression of that bond of common belief which we call democracy.

I recommend that no extension of Selective Service at this time be made, but with the understanding that the War and Navy Departments will request the re-enactment of a Selective Service Act at a later date if they are unable to maintain…

Therefore, we must have world peace.

I should not recommend an extension of the Act at this time.

It is a common failing of many people to complain of hardships and overlook their good fortune.

My country, in common with all the American Republics, pledged itself at the Conference of Montevideo in 1933 and the Conference of Buenos Aires in 1936 to observe the Doctrine of Nonintervention.

It is inspiring to note the progress we have made toward establishing a community of nations with authority to enforce the law on delinquents.

Mr. President, distinguished guests: My presence here today as the guest of the great Republic of Mexico is one of the truly happy occasions of my career.