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Public Papers of President Harry S. Truman
President Harry S. Truman. Source: Truman Library. President Harry S. Truman. Source: Truman Library.   The Public Papers of Harry S. Truman contain most of President Truman's public messages, statements, speeches, and news conference remarks. Documents such as Proclamations, Executive Orders, and similar documents that are published in the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations, as required by law, are usually not included. The documents within the Public Papers are arranged in chronological order. President Truman delivered the remarks or addresses from Washington, D. C., unless otherwise indicated. The White House in Washington issued statements, messages, and letters unless noted otherwise. (Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1966)

The Public Papers contain items such as the Statement by the President Announcing the Use of the A-Bomb at Hiroshima (August 6, 1945), the Special Message to the Congress on Greece and Turkey: The Truman Doctrine (March 12, 1947), the White House Statement Announcing Recognition of the Government of Israel (January 31, 1949), the Statement and Order by the President on Relieving General MacArthur of His Commands (April 11, 1951), and The President's Farewell Address to the American People (January 15, 1953).

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161.  Statement by the President Upon Approving Resolution Providing for Congressional Study of Aviation Problems
July 30, 1947

I HAVE today approved House Resolution 3587, providing for a study of United States aviation problems by the Congress. The act establishes a temporary Congressional Aviation Policy Board. This 10-man board, to be composed of 5 members of each House, will study such questions as the current and future needs of American aviation, including commercial air transportation and the utilization of aircraft by the armed services, and the nature, type, and extent of aircraft and air transportation industries that are desirable or essential to the national security and welfare.

The Congressional Board will also seek to find methods of encouraging needed developments in the aviation and air transportation industry, and will suggest improved organization and procedures of the Government designed to assist it in handling aviation matters efficiently and in the public interest.

I welcome the attention given by the Congress to our aviation problems, as evidenced by this act. A similar study was recently authorized by the executive branch, when I established a temporary Air Policy Commission, composed of private citizens, to assist me in formulating a national policy on aviation. The findings of the Air Policy Commission, which has been requested to submit its final recommendations by January 1, 1948, will be made available to the Congressional Aviation Policy Board, which will report to the Congress on March 1.

NOTE As enacted, the House resolution is Public Law 287, 80th Congress (61 Stat. 676).
 
 

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