Harry Truman: “Price and wage controls are on the way.”

It would have involved us in all-out war in the Far East, and we have been strenuously trying to avoid that all the time.

The experience of this early period of public action showed that constant vigilance and competent professional guidance are essential to prevent irreparable losses.

The ultimate responsibility is mine in any event.

Without multiple-purpose river basin development, I believe that few of these accomplishments would have been possible.