05/25/1949
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Wednesday, August 14, 1946, as Victory Day."
"We want you to be entirely clear in your mind about this, so that is the reason why we have this special phone number that you can call over weekend."
"It's nice to talk about making reductions, but it's hell to do it! [Laughter]"
"But we are stating that, to show that actually there will be more money turned in that will be paid out which we can turn into credit, because that would be paid in, in any case."