Harry Truman actually said...

"The legislation creating the National Science Foundation arose out of the experience in the last war that only by continued support of basic research can this nation maintain its leadership."

"Increased costs, particularly the high costs of feedstocks produced from alcohol which have been required to achieve the present levels of GR-S production, have necessitated increasing the price of GR..."

"I am happy to report that in the past two years, despite communist activities in rubber-producing areas, natural rubber production has been maintained at high levels."

"Our accelerated rate of stockpiling in the past two years has been made possible largely by the existence of our synthetic rubber industry."