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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 5, 1947

The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Solid Fuels Administration for War until its abolishment and thereafter through such agency or agencies of the Department of the Interior as he may designate, is authorized to wind up and…

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 5, 1947

Effective on the date of this order the authority of the Solid Fuels Administrator to exercise any power or functions vested in him by the provisions of Executive Order No. 9332 of April 19, 1943, establishing the Solid Fuels…

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 4, 1947

I am immensely interested in the health and welfare of the people of this country.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 4, 1947

Safety from fire should not be a topic for discussion during only 1 or 2 weeks of the year.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 4, 1947

I believe that the highest State and municipal officials must assume greater responsibility for leadership in this field.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 4, 1947

Our first concern is for the lives of our people, especially those of young people.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 2, 1947

It is important that there be a continuing recognition of the price problem in all segments of our economy.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 30, 1947

The provisions of this Plan are designed to maintain organizational arrangements worked out under authority of Title I of the First War Powers Act.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 30, 1947

I have called the second President's Highway Safety Conference to convene in Washington on June 18, 19, and 20.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 30, 1947

The editors and publishers can perform no higher service than to guide their readers, those who walk as well as those who ride, to a complete understanding of the cost of traffic accidents in lives and injuries, and show them how simple it…

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 30, 1947

It is traditional in America for the people to look to the daily and weekly press not only as their source of information about current events but as their trusted guide in bettering the common welfare.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 30, 1947

With the return to a normal peacetime labor market the danger of violations will be much greater than in recent years.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 30, 1947

The Fair Labor Standards Bill was drafted on the assumption that the Wage and Hour Division would be made an independent establishment.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 30, 1947

The accomplishment of this objective is one of the most important tasks with which we are confronted.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 30, 1947

Since V-J Day this same authority has been used extensively in demobilizing war agencies and reconverting the governmental structure to peacetime needs.

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