Harry Truman actually said...

It is nice to have you boys here as our guests this morning.

Subject to the limitations contained in that order, I hereby authorize the Secretary of Commerce to perform and exercise all of the function...

I have been studying it ever since I was your age, and I don't think a finer system has ever been created in the history of the world.

This order shall be applicable to articles entered by consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after August 1, 1946