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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 18, 1946

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to maintain customary working conditions in the mines and customary procedures for the adjustment of workers' grievances

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 18, 1946

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to take possession of any and all of the said mines of the Carter Coal Company and, to the extent that he deems necessary, of any real or personal property, franchises, rights…

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 15, 1946

It is a very great pleasure to me to have had the privilege of presenting citations to these aircraft carriers.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 15, 1946

Authorizing the appointment of Jewell Wood Swofford to a position as Commissioner for Special Services...

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 15, 1946

It is a great pleasure to me to have had this privilege today of showing just what the country thinks about the contributions which these men made to the victory we have just won.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 15, 1946

It is hard to appreciate fully just what these carriers meant to the winning of the war in the Pacific, and the winning of the war in the Atlantic.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 14, 1946

I appreciate very much your interest, because I know youth can keep the fires burning that will cause us to be able to see that the world does not starve, after winning the victory for freedom and right.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 14, 1946

NOW THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in my by section 91 of the act of April 30, 1901, 31 Stat. 159, as amended by section 7 of the act of May 27, 1910, 36 Stat. 447, it is order as follows

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 14, 1946

The following-described tract of land comprising a portion of the lands set aside by the said Executive Order No. 3358 of November 24, 1920, for military purposes, is hereby restored to the Territory of Hawaii for the use of the City and…

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 14, 1946

I would like to have a report from you in 12 months to see just exactly what you have done toward bringing home to our people the necessity for their continuing to help feed the world.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 14, 1946

We are going to help them all we can with machinery and tools and the wherewithal to raise food, but it will be some time before those destroyed countries can get back on a basis where they can feed themselves.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 14, 1946

Whereas by Presidential Executive Order No. 3358 of November 24, 1920, a certain tract of land on Sand Island, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, was set aside for military purposes

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