Harry Truman actually said...

"We should all ponder the following questions: What would it avail the farmer, in the long run, if farm prices should go substantially higher only to be followed by a disaster such as occurred after th..."

"We cannot allow the strength of this Nation to be wasted and our people's confidence in our free institutions to be shaken by an economic catastrophe."

"I would like to go, but I can make no firm appointments now, because of this special session coming on next Monday."

"No, there is not. I do not have that under consideration at all."