The President's News Conference
02/06/1946
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The Federal Government should not compete with private industry for scarce materials, neither should it compete in any area for scarce labor...
I must request your assistance in a most serious fiscal situation.
Accordingly, it is my desire that all postponable public works be deferred until private demands for goods and services slacken off.
I am convinced that this modification in program can be accomplished without impairing our effective defense.