Harry Truman actually said...

"The provision of adequate housing will remain a major national objective throughout the next decade."

"The primary responsibility for meeting housing needs rests, and must continue to rest, with private industry, as I have stated on other occasions."

"A single establishment will unquestionably make for greater efficiency and economy."

"In brief, this Reorganization Plan groups nearly all of the permanent housing agencies and functions of the Government, and the remaining emergency housing activities, in a Housing and Home Finance Ag..."