Harry Truman actually said...

The Federal Government should not compete with private industry for scarce materials, neither should it compete in any area for scarce labor.

Letters Calling for Reductions in Expenditures for Construction.

08/02/1946

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If we let them have their way, they would not only have pushed the whole cost of living up another 10 or 20 percent, but they would have bro...

I have been in touch with the leaders in Congress all the time since I have been down here.

No comment. He is in the Congress and I am not.

Hasn't that always been the case? It has ever since I have been in the Congress.