Harry Truman actually said...

"The creation of a Department of Welfare represents a sound and much needed step in the improvement of Federal organization."

"In this they play a role similar in character to that of the various units of the Executive Office of the President."

"In my judgment, this course has been fundamentally unsound and should be reversed."

"The function of the second is 'to advise the President concerning the coordination of military, industrial, and civilian mobilization.'"