Political Quotes

Harry Truman: “It is my personal wish, and that of Acting Defense Mobilizer Steelman, that you occupy the Defense Production…”

On the recordMay 6, 1952
It is my personal wish, and that of Acting Defense Mobilizer Steelman, that you occupy the Defense Production Administration post simultaneously with the position you now occupy as Administrator of the National Production Authority in the Department of Commerce.
Said by
Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Letter to Henry H. Fowler on His Assumption of the Post of Administrator of the Defense Production Administration.

Share

More from Harry Truman

Jan 18, 1953

They should be strong enough to see that unified multiple-purpose development is planned for, and works operated harmoniously in each basin-wide comprehensive system.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Jan 18, 1953

We have learned that the mark of a well-managed land lies in the care a Nation gives to its rivers.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Jan 18, 1953

Members of the armed forces of the United States who are awarded the decoration established by this order are authorized to wear the medal and the ribbon symbolic of the award, as may be authorized by uniform regulations approved by the…

presidency.ucsb.edu

Other voices in this conversation