Harry Truman actually said...

It is fundamental to the progressive, expanding world economy so vital to the increasing welfare and prosperity of the people of the United States.

Special Message to the Congress Transmitting the Charter for the International Trade Organization.

04/27/1949

More Harry Truman Quotes

We welcome you, and I am glad that you can be here with us.

We have not joined together for purely defense purposes.

I am glad you are having your meeting here, and I hope you will have a successful and pleasant one, and I am sure you will.

They were started even before the end of World War II, and in fact before the United Nations was organized in San Francisco.