While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are in Korea, “champion[ing] liberty wherever the tyranny of communism is the aggressor,” Commander-in-Chief Truman issues Proclamation 2914, declaring a national emergency:

         Whereas recent events in Korea and elsewhere constitute a grave threat to the peace of the world and imperil the …

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         … freedom of worshiping as they severally choose, the freedom of reading and listening to what they choose, the right of free speech including the right to criticize their [g]overnment, the right to choose those who conduct their [g]overnment, the right to engage freely in collective bargaining, the right to engage freely in their own business enterprises, and the many other freedoms and rights which are a part of our way of life. …

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         … I … do proclaim the existence of a national emergency, which requires that the military, naval, air, and civilian defenses of this country be strengthened as speedily as possible. …

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         I summon all citizens … to be firm in our devotion to the peaceful purposes for which the United Nations was rounded [sic]. [emphasis added]

         [restored 9/5/2022]

         Commander-in-Chief Truman issues Executive Order 10193, creating the Office of Defense Mobilization.  The ODM is one of the most powerful agencies in the Federal government being endowed with the power to control all wartime activities related to manpower, the economy and logistics.

         Postscript: After several name and mission changes, ODM eventually became the Federal Emergency Management Agency in 1979.

         [added 9/5/2022] Thanks to Ron Paul for this entry.