Harry Truman actually said...

"The Plan places in the Housing and Home Finance Administrator the functions heretofore vested in the Federal Loan Administrator and the Federal Works Administrator with respect to the housing agencies..."

"No lesser objective is commensurate with the productive capacity and resources of the country or with the dignity which a true democracy accords the individual citizen."

"It is vital that a sound permanent organization of housing activities be established at the earliest possible date in order to insure that housing functions will not be scattered among numerous agenci..."

"The essential and important difference between the organization established by the Plan and the pre-war arrangement, to which housing agencies and functions would otherwise automatically revert on the..."