Harry Truman actually said...

Under these circumstances, definite steps to conserve grain and reduce all nonessential uses of grain in the United States were, and are, required in the national interest.

Context

Special Message to the Congress Urging Extension of Curbs on Grain Used in Production of Ethyl Alcohol.

01/28/1948

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