It is hereby amended, effective as of February 15, 1945, to read as follows

Men absent under orders from their station upon duty which involves travel and also temporary detentions during the journey shall be deemed to be traveling under orders during the entire period of sub absence including the day of departure…

Doctors knew what to do--and not only doctors but nurses and physical therapists--because the National Foundation had financed training for personnel at many hospitals and universities throughout the land.

I refer to the continuing fight against the scourge of infantile paralysis.

We can do our part by giving to the March of Dimes.

The second of the two epidemics struck last year--first in Florida, then in Alabama, Texas, Minnesota, Colorado, Missouri, Kansas, the Dakotas, Wisconsin, California, Illinois, and all along the Mississippi Valley.

Let me show you by an example what the National Foundation for Infantile paralysis has achieved.

As the total cases mounted, panic spread; fantastic cures were advertised, for sale and not for sale.

If there is one of you who has not yet joined the March of Dimes, I urge you to go now and enlist.

The total of dead for that epidemic was more than 20 percent of the victims, most of whom were young children.

In coming to our rescue through last year's epidemic, the National Foundation exhausted its funds from the 1946 March of Dimes and drew heavily upon its resources.

This order shall be effective as of November 13, 1946.

Please accept my heartfelt sympathy in your sorrow.

I am deeply shocked and grieved to learn of the death of Prince Gustaf Adolf.

The American people have many close bonds with the Italian people and it is our sincere desire, in a spirit of fraternal cooperation, to do what we can to assist your country in its efforts to rebuild and strengthen a peaceful, prosperous…

I have authorized a number of emergency measures to ensure that every possible effort shall be made to expedite the delivery of grains to the peoples of the war-torn countries of Europe and Asia.

Shipments of wheat have been diverted from other areas to meet the immediate requirements of Italy, and we have every expectation of being able to increase scheduled shipments of wheat to Italy beginning next month.

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