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Harry Truman: Increased costs, particularly the high costs of feedstocks produced from alcohol which have been required to achieve the…

On the recordJanuary 13, 1952
Increased costs, particularly the high costs of feedstocks produced from alcohol which have been required to achieve the present levels of GR-S production, have necessitated increasing the price of GR-S from 18½ cents a pound to 26 cents in order to operate the GR-S facilities, as a whole, without loss.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress on Synthetic Rubber.

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