Letter from President Harry S. Truman to the Speaker of the House, with Attachment
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Estimate No.
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80th Congress, Second Session
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
BUREAU OF THE BUDGET
Washington 25, D.C.
June 2, 1948
The President
The White House
Sir:
I have the honor to submit herewith for your consideration a supplemental
estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year 1948 in the amount of $600,000
for disaster relief as follows:
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
Disaster relief: To enable the President, through such
agency or agencies as he may designate, and in such manner as
he shall determine, to supplement the efforts and available
resources of State and local governments or other agencies,
whenever he finds that any flood, fire, hurricane, earthquake,
or other catastrophe in any part of the United States is of
sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant emergency assistance
by the Federal Government in alleviating the damage, hardship, or
suffering caused thereby, and whenever the Governor of any State
in which such damage shall occur shall certify that such assist-
ance is required, $600,000, to remain available until June 30,
1949, and to be expended without regard to such provisions
regulating the expenditure of Government funds or the employment
of persons in the Government service as he shall specify:
Provided, That within any affected area Federal agencies are
authorized to participate in any such emergency assistance to the
extent of their available resources.
The purpose of this estimate is to provide a limited amount of Federal
money to be drawn upon to supplement the efforts and available resources of
State and local governments and other agencies in alleviating the damage,
hardship or suffering caused by flood, fire, hurricane, earthquake, or other
catastrophe in any part of the United States when such catastrophe is of
sufficient severity and magnitude to justify some assistance from the Federal
Government.
During the course of the past year a number of catastrophes of varying
proportions have struck different areas in the United States. The recovery
from these misfortunes has been beyond the financial ability of local author-
ities. Some assistance has been possible through a temporary law which
permits the Federal Works Agency to channel surplus property available from
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