Harry Truman actually said...
It is ordered that Executive Order No. 9492 of October 24, 1944, as amended by Executive Orders No. 9629 of September 25, 1945, No. 9714, of April 20, 1946, and No. 9792 of October 23, 1946, prescribing regulations governing non-military and non-naval transportation of Army and Navy air transports, be, and it is hereby, further amended by substituting the words 'two years and eight months' for the words 'two and one-half years.'
04/21/1947