Harry Truman actually said...

It is our plain duty to keep the coal mines just as safe as human skill and effort can make them.

I cannot urge too strongly that the Congress take action on these bills at once.

Nevertheless the Prime Minister, while not withdrawing his objections, expressed his readiness to allow the appointment of a Supreme Command...

He reserved the right to bring forward modifications for the consideration of NATO, if he so desired, at a later stage.