Harry Truman actually said...

"If the Congress wishes to enact legislation confirming the States in the ownership of what is already theirs--that is, the lands and resources under navigable inland waters and the tidelands--I shall,..."

"There is a good reason why the Government must provide machinery for the settlement of labor disputes which threaten the defense program."

"The Federal Government neither has nor asserts any right or interest in the lands and resources underlying these or other navigable inland waters within State boundaries."

"Other cost reductions have been achieved in the course of analyses by the Commission and the Bureau of the Budget."