Through a wise use of the priorities and allocations power, the Nation has come through the period of severest material and facilities shortages without impairment of the civilian economy.
Harry Truman: “Through a wise use of the priorities and allocations power, the Nation has come through the period of severest material…”
On the recordSeptember 4, 1952
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Letter to Henry H. Fowler Asking Him To Serve as Director, Office of Defense Mobilization
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