I would like to have a report from you in 12 months to see just exactly what you have done toward bringing home to our people the necessity for their continuing to help feed the world.
Harry Truman: “I would like to have a report from you in 12 months to see just exactly what you have done toward bringing home to our…”
On the recordJuly 14, 1946
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Remarks to the Members of the Youth Conference on Famine Relief.
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