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IMEDIATE RELEASE
April 23, 1946
EXECUTIVE ORDER
The death of the Honorable Harlan Fiske Stone, Chief Justice
of the United States, occurred on the evening of April 22, 1946. 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.
He began his public career as Attorney General of the United
States on April 7, 1924, after a long and noteworthy career as a teacher
and practitioner of the law He was nominated Associate Justice of
the
Supreme Court of the United States by President Coolidge on January
5, 1925, and entered on the dutice of that office on March 2, 1925.
On June 12, 1941, he was appointed Chief Justice of the United States
by President Roosevelt and he took the oath of office on July 3, 1941.
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 half staff upon all the public
buildings of the United States for thirty days, that the usual and
appropriate military and naval honors be rendered, and that on all
Embassies, Legations, and Consulates of the United States in foreign
countries, the national flag shall be displayed at half staff for
thirty days from the receipt of this order.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
THE WHITE HOUST
April 23, 1946.