Harry Truman actually said...

Second-class mail should be brought gradually toward self-sufficiency in postal revenues.

Special Message to the Congress on Increasing the Postal Rates.

02/26/1951

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I sincerely appreciate the honor you paid the President this morning by your splendid review.

I have been in the service of my country 30 years.

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We are working very hard to get it settled.