Harry Truman actually said...

With this pledge of full confidence in you I shall reluctantly withdraw your nomination.

So, you stand before your countrymen after vicious and unwarranted attacks with integrity unscathed, with ability unquestioned, with honor u...

I could not take the action which you request without reiterating these convictions with all of the emphasis at my command.

I appreciate the motives which prompt your request for the withdrawal of my nomination of you as Under Secretary of the Navy.