Harry Truman actually said...

I am therefore convinced that the increases which have become necessary in other Federal expenditures present no valid reason for delaying F...

I urge, in the strongest possible terms, the favorable consideration of your Committee and of the Congress.

I believe that instead of limiting coverage it should be expanded, and that a number of other improvements should be made.

I strongly recommend that the protection of the Federal old-age and survivors insurance system be extended as rapidly as possible to the gro...