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Harry Truman: Well, if it becomes absolutely necessary, I wouldn't object to the return to wartime food rationing; but that situation…

On the recordMarch 20, 1946
Well, if it becomes absolutely necessary, I wouldn't object to the return to wartime food rationing; but that situation has not yet arrived, and I hope it will not be necessary.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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