Harry Truman actually said...

"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..."

"To avoid this danger and to accomplish the needed changes promptly, it is desirable to employ a reorganization plan under the Reorganization Act of 1945."

"The provision of adequate housing will remain a major national objective throughout the next decade."

"The primary responsibility for meeting housing needs rests, and must continue to rest, with private industry, as I have stated on other occasions."