Harry Truman actually said...

Ordinarily the President of the United States has an emergency fund for such things as this, but last year that fund was eliminated, and it ...

Now, Therefore, be it known that I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do proclaim:

There is not any reason in the world why these plans should not be carried out, and if we can get the cooperation of every branch of the Fed...

The President, you know, has to receive all the criticism that it's possible for a man to receive and still survive.