Harry Truman actually said...

I can't tell you how much I appreciate the interest you have taken in this procedure which we are following.

I hope you will get behind this move.

I served in the Armed Forces once, and I know what I am talking about.

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby ask that on Flag Day, June 14, 1949, the people of ...