Harry Truman actually said...

I am convinced that this modification in program can be accomplished without impairing our effective defense.

Accordingly, it is my desire that all postponable public works be deferred until private demands for goods and services slacken off.

In order to carry out the above program of curtailment of public works, the Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion will issue a direc...

It is therefore essential that the expenditures of the Federal Government stay within the estimates of expenditures transmitted to the Congr...