Harry Truman actually said...
In lieu of the payment of actual expenses of transportation, packing, crating, drayage, and unpacking of household goods and personal effects in the case of transfers between points within the continental United States, reimbursement shall be made to the employee on a commuted basis at rates per hundred pounds as fixed by zones in Schedule A which is attached to and made a part of these regulations.
Context
Executive Order 10196—Amendment of Executive Order 9805 Prescribing Regulations Governing Payment of Certain Travel and...
12/19/1950