The President's News Conference
12/10/1947
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This bill will not reduce the high cost of living and it will not keep prices from going even higher.
I trust that when the Congress returns it will promptly enact an effective, workable program.
This order shall become effective at the close of business on December 31, 1947.
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States particularly the Foreign Air Act of 1947, and ...