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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Mar 17, 1949

I made the announcement of the train ride, if you remember, on the 24th of February, and no details have as yet been worked out.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Mar 14, 1949

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1753 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 U.S.C. 631), and as President of the United States, Executive Order No. 9 of January 17, 1873, as amended, prohibiting with certain…

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Mar 11, 1949

In Witness Whereof,I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Mar 11, 1949

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman,President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid section 411 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, do hereby proclaim that the effective…

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Mar 9, 1949

I also invite the medical profession, the press, the radio, the motion-picture industry, and all organizations and individuals interested in a national program for the control of cancer by education and other cooperative means to unite…

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Mar 9, 1949

The following-described lands, comprising a part of the United States Naval Reservation at Hanapepe, Kona, Kauai, together with all improvements located thereon, are hereby restored to the jurisdiction of the Territory of Hawaii.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Mar 9, 1949

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby set apart the month of April 1949 as Cancer Control Month;

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Mar 9, 1949

I invite the Governors of the several States and the Territories and possessions of the United States to issue similar proclamations.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Mar 7, 1949

In the conflict of principle and policy which divides the world today, America's hope-our hope--the hope of the world, is in education.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Mar 7, 1949

Whereas, I, Harry S. Truman, president of the United States of America, determine that the application of each of the concessions provided for in part I of schedule XX of said general agreement which were withheld from application in…

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Mar 7, 1949

Education has been defined as a bulwark against the acids of fascism and communism.

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