Harry Truman actually said...

I realized that the action I was taking in this case was very drastic, and I did it only as a matter of necessity to meet an extreme emergency.

Letter to C. S. Jones in Response to Questions on the Steel Situation.

04/26/1952

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It gives me a great deal of pleasure to welcome you again to Washington.