Later the Administration wanted me to actually sell all remaining surplus by running the War Assets Corporation. I said I couldn't do it without some shoe leather.

This led to the passage of a prohibition on the spending of tax dollars on the study of defeat or surrender of any kind. S. Symington saying Kansas City should not wait continued to threaten the league and the team began play in 1969.

William Stuart Symington (/ˈsaɪmɪŋtən/; June 26 1901 – December 14 1988) was a businessman and political figure from Missouri.