Harry Truman actually said...

It is not the purpose of the Act to permit violation of our fundamental wage and hour standards, or to allow a lowering of these standards.

Special Message to the Congress Upon Signing the Portal-to-Portal Act.

05/13/1947

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

The provisions of Part I of Executive Order No. 10210 of February 2, 1951...are hereby extended to the Tennessee Valley Authority

The only thing under consideration in that resolution is the sending of four divisions, which was approved.

I will listen to them, of course. I will answer them if I feel like it.