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Harry Truman: The grain situation can best be summarized by saying that every bushel of grain which can be saved between now and the…

On the recordJanuary 28, 1948
The grain situation can best be summarized by saying that every bushel of grain which can be saved between now and the harvest of the new crops this summer and fall will exert an immediate and direct influence either on grain supplies available for feed and use in this country or on the amount of wheat which can be exported.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

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

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