Harry Truman actually said...

It is imperative that the Labor Department be strengthened and restored to its original position as the central agency of the Government for dealing with labor problems.

Context

Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan 2 of 1949: Bureau of Employment Security.

06/19/1949

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...

More Harry Truman Quotes

I trust that with the passage of the Portal-to-Portal Act, relieving the business community of a heavy burden of doubt, the Congress will no...
5/13/1947
The Portal-to-Portal Act should end this uncertainty with respect to claims of still undetermined magnitude.
5/13/1947
It is not the purpose of the Act to permit violation of our fundamental wage and hour standards, or to allow a lowering of these standards.
5/13/1947
I have a right to decide on what to sign or what not to sign.
5/12/1947

View All Harry Truman Quotes