Our public health services--federal, state and local--provide our greatest and most successful defense against preventable diseases.

National health insurance is the most effective single way to meet the Nation's health needs.

A national health insurance program is a logical extension of the present social-security system which is so firmly entrenched in our American democracy.

It is not possible to make a re-evaluation of these figures until it is known what sums Congress will appropriate for the agency.

I am deeply concerned about the recent rise in farm real estate prices.

From this conference I hope there will develop a specific program of methods for discouraging further inflation in farm real estate prices and unwise expansion of farm debts.

I believe that the existing farm price situation presents a serious problem which should be given careful consideration by institutional lenders and others concerned.

I may add that at this time it is not anticipated that it will be necessary or desirable to place restrictions on the expenditure of funds available for fiscal year 1948.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 1 of the act of March 3, 1925, 43 Stat. 1212, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Commissioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey on duty outside the continental United States or in Alaska, whether or not in a travel status, may be paid actual and necessary expenses, or per diem in lieu thereof, equal to those…

This order shall be effective as of August 2, 1946.

The Secretary of State, the Secretary of War, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of the Navy are authorized to provide appropriate assistance to the member herein designated in the performance of his duties and may assign or detail…

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 12 of the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942 (56 Stat. 364), as amended by section 203 of the act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 859), and in the interest of the internal management of the…

I hereby designate Charles F. Wennerstrum, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa, as a member of one of the several military tribunals established by the Military Governor for the United States Zone of Occupation within…

I believe that, in the interest of the economic stability of our Nation, it is essential to clarify this matter by statute.

The Portal-to-Portal Act should end this uncertainty with respect to claims of still undetermined magnitude.

I am convinced that immediate amendment of the Act to provide a minimum of at least 65 cents an hour is necessary.

I trust that with the passage of the Portal-to-Portal Act, relieving the business community of a heavy burden of doubt, the Congress will now turn to a re-examination of minimum wage standards.