Harry Truman actually said...

"The Taft-Hartley Act simply would not have prevented a shutdown of essential steel production in this case."

"Executive Order No. 8389 of April 10, 1940, as amended, and Executive Order No. 9989 of August 20, 1948, and all delegations, designations, regulations, rulings, instructions, and licenses issued unde..."

"By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including the Trading with the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 411), as amended, and as President of t..."

"I am convinced that a careful study of the long-range effect of this provision would indicate that it would increase cost to the Government because it would complicate emergency recruiting and would r..."