Harry Truman actually said...

It is now my preference to appoint a new member of the Board to fill the vacancy created by the death of Vice Chairman Ransom.

Letter to Marriner Eccles Asking Him To Remain With the Federal Reserve Board as Vice Chairman

01/26/1948

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Thus, the strike has an immediate and very serious impact on the defense program.

I most sincerely hope that your Committee will consider this or a similar bill at the earliest possible time, so that it may be enacted into...

If conditions are favorable, I hope to arrive there on the 5th.

He was getting along all right then.