Harry Truman actually said...

"Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby find and proclaim, on the basis of the investigation and report of the United States Tariff Commission, that ch..."

"It has not finished the first session yet, and it still has the other session to go. I think its record will be all right when they are finished."

"I hadn't heard anything about it, so I can't comment on it."

"I certainly was. I wrote him a letter and told him I hoped he would run, so of course I am pleased he decided to do it."