Harry Truman actually said...

"In this way the Plan provides machinery for promoting the most effective use of all the housing functions of the Government, for obtaining consistency between these functions and the general economic ..."

"The primary responsibility for meeting housing needs rests, and must continue to rest, with private industry, as I have stated on other occasions."

"To avoid this danger and to accomplish the needed changes promptly, it is desirable to employ a reorganization plan under the Reorganization Act of 1945."

"The provision of adequate housing will remain a major national objective throughout the next decade."