
These most essential and valuable benefits be within the reach of those persons who are not eligible for medical and hospital services under existing laws
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These most essential and valuable benefits be within the reach of those persons who are not eligible for medical and hospital services under existing laws

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the Nation to observe the week commencing July 21, 1946, as National Farm Safety Week.

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby request that Sunday, May 12, 1946, be observed as Mother's Day with Public and private expressions of honor, reverence, and love;

I wish to take this opportunity to thank you and your American colleagues for the untiring efforts which you have exerted in preparing the report.

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby officially announce the death of Harlan Fiske Stone, stricken in the public performance of his duties in the highest Court of the Nation in the City…

Through his untimely death the people of the United States have lost the services of an eminent jurist and a distinguished public servant.

His service on the Supreme Court of the United States was characterized by his high sense of duty, his great legal learning and the clarity of his judicial reasoning.

In testimony of the respect in which his memory is held by the Government and people of the United States, and in recognition of his eminent and varied services as a public servant, I do hereby direct that the National Flag be displayed at…

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

In cases in which aircraft of the War Department or of the Navy Department are flown by Army or Navy personnel on special missions for the exclusive use of other Federal agencies on official Government business connected with the…

I am sure I speak for every American when I say that the United States is determined to do everything in is power to relieve the famine of half the world.

America cannot remain healthy and happy in the same world where millions of human beings are starving.

Every slice of bread, every ounce of fat and oil saved by your voluntary sacrifice, will keep starving people alive.

Once again I appeal to all Americans to sacrifice, so that others may live.

Surely we will not turn our backs on the millions of human beings begging for just a crust of bread.

The time for talk has passed. The time for action is here.

We have a high responsibility, as Americans, to go to their rescue.

I don't know enough about that situation to give you an gent answer.