Harry Truman actually said...

It is not possible to make a re-evaluation of these figures until it is known what sums Congress will appropriate for the agency.

Letter to Senator Wherry Concerning the Moratorium on Reclamation Projects and Other Federal Construction.

05/15/1947

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What's a chairman of the national committee for?

I don't know anything about the proposition, therefore I can't comment on it.

No. I have no comment. I appointed those judges, and I am the appointive power.

My impression is that he did not. And I have got his word for it. And I believe it.