Harry Truman actually said...

I do not believe such an action would be in the national interest, and I do not see how any President could fail to oppose it.

If the Congress wishes to enact legislation confirming the States in the ownership of what is already theirs--that is, the lands and resourc...

They are going to furnish me with a memorandum as soon as they have a chance to discuss the matter among themselves.

Texas, of course, before it became a State and while it was an independent republic, had whatever rights then existed in the submerged lands...