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Personal Insights: A very nice item I got from a presidential collector. This item hung in the daily planet office in one of the Superman movies.

Plaque Text: The text below is as is on the plaque. Since it's hard to see, they just stuck the "Daily Planet" on there without paying attention to the detail, so it doesn't make much sense, but here it goes:


THE

PRESIDENT

OF

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

{the great seal of the President}

To all who shall see these presents, greeting:
Know Ye, that reposing special and confidence in the patriotism valor, fidelity
and abilities of           {BLANK}           , I do,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint           {BLANK}          a
DAILY PLANET          in the
to rank as such from the      {BLANK}     , day of     {BLANK}     , nineteen
hundrad and     {BLANK}      This officer will therefore carefully and diligently
discharge the duties of the office to which appointed by doing and perfoming all
manner of things hereunto belonging.
  :   And I do strictly charge and require thos Officers and other personnel of lesser
rank to render such obedience as is due an officer of this grande adn postion. And
this Officer is to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to timie as
maybe given by me, or the future President of the United States of America, or other
Superior Officers acting in accordance with the laws of the United States of America
  :   This commission is to continue in force during the pleasure of the President of
the United States of America for the time being under the provisions of those Public
Laws relating to Officers of the
Armed Forces of the United States of America
and the component there of in this appointment is made.
Done at the City of Washington this     {BLANK}      day of      {BLANK}     
in the year of our lord on thousand nine hundrad and      {BLANK}      , and of the
Independence of the United States of America teh one hundred and     {BLANK}     
By the President:


I guess they'll be looking for Lt. D. Planet in the next war.