Harry Truman actually said...

"JOHN MONROE JOHNSON, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the United States as Director of the Office of Defense Transportation."

"Mr. Pelley has been an unfailing source of wise counsel and advice to the military establishment on all phases of railroad transportation."

"In the truest sense, he personifies the close cooperation, the untiring energy, and the efficient methods which enabled the Nation's railroads to achieve their outstanding and widely acclaimed success..."

"His ability, his industry and his untiring devotion to duty were of incalculable benefit to the war effort of the Nation."