Harry Truman actually said...

The task which you are undertaking is of major importance to this country.

Letter to Gordon Gray Regarding His Appointment as Special Assistant to the President

04/02/1950

More Harry Truman Quotes

I urge my fellow Americans to give generously and promptly to the 1951 Red Cross Fund Campaign.

If our countrymen are informed of these needs, I am sure they will subscribe and oversubscribe the campaign goal.

I want to congratulate the millions of Americans who have already responded to this great cause.

I have no comment on Speaker Rayburn's statement, but the Speaker is a truthful man.