November 02, 1950
THE WORLD of letters has lost a pre-eminent figure in the death of George Bernard Shaw. As critic, essayist, and dramatist he left the indelible print of his genius on a prodigious literary output during more than two generations.
Harry S Truman, Statement by the President on the Death of George Bernard Shaw. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/230413