07/04/1951
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"If the allocation powers with reference to grain are continued through October 31, 1948, the Department of Agriculture estimates that the sum of $52,000 will be required for administrative expenses, i..."
"Upon being informed by the Secretary of Agriculture of the impossibility of effecting a voluntary agreement to conserve grain by the distilling industry, I instructed him to recommend to the Congress ..."
"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 ..."
"Upon the basis of information furnished by the Secretary of Agriculture, I have determined that there is at present a critical shortage of grain which threatens to become even more serious during the ..."