Harry Truman actually said...

I firmly believe that to cut below the Budget estimates would lose us far more than would be 'saved.'

Letter to Senator McKdlar on the Need for Restoring Funds for Flood Control.

04/24/1952

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I am confident that the American people and their representatives in Congress will respond to this urgent call for help.

I have directed the Secretary of the Army to take appropriate action immediately.

It is essential that precautions be taken against recurrences of such threats to our national security.

Such a communication has not reached me.