Richard Nixon actually said...

HARRY S TRUMAN will be remembered as one of the most courageous Presidents in our history, who led the Nation and the world through a critic...

I recommend that the people assemble on that day in their respective places of worship, there to pay homage to the memory of President Truma...

I do further appoint December 28, 1972 to be a National Day of Mourning throughout the United States.

Embroiled in controversy during his Presidency, his stature in the eyes of history has risen steadily ever since.