Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America and President of the American National Red Cross, do hereby designate and proclaim the month of March 1947 as Red Cross Month and urge every citizen of this…

I wish to express to you the sincere appreciation of the United States Government for the splendid service which you have rendered your country and the very real contribution which you have made to the Allied cause.

The security of the United States and the essential needs of its citizens must never again be jeopardized by inadequate or uncertain rubber supplies.

I therefore recommend that the Senate and the House of Representatives, by Joint Resolution, make a declaration of policy to the effect that it is the firm intention of the Government to maintain a synthetic rubber industry in the United…

Appropriate action should be taken now to assure that adequate facilities for the production of American-made rubber of the highest quality continue to be available.

I repeat my recent recommendation that the authority to continue allocation controls on rubber be continued for one year under Title Ill of the Second War Powers Act, in order that the Congress may have an opportunity to consider this…

I again urge the Congress to give its attention to this subject.

I said then, and I repeat now, that in a democracy, this power should not rest with the Chief Executive.

I believe that, in so far as possible, the office of the President should be filled by an elective officer.

It is my belief that the present line of succession as provided by the existing statute, which was enacted in 1886, is not in accord with our basic concept of Government by elected representatives of the people.

Accordingly, pursuant to the said section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, as amended, I hereby modify the President's proclamation of September 5, 1939 (No. 2351) by deleting therefrom the words 'and chiefly used in the…

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby find and declare, on the basis of the investigation and report of the Tariff Commission, that changed circumstances require the modification of the…

It is unsettling, both for business and for the general public, to be obliged to wait until the last possible moment for decision by the Congress on emergency legislation.

It has been my avowed policy to terminate all emergency controls that were no longer necessary or workable.

After March 31, 1947, moreover, it will be possible to dispense entirely with the use of the broad powers granted by Title III of the Second War Powers Act.

We can now foresee the day when no further use of these powers will be necessary.

The National Foundation, supported by your gifts, reaches into every corner of the country to find and help the stricken.

For the purposes of this section, quarters in kind will be considered as furnished for the day of arrival at a permanent station.