03/19/1942
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"We are determined that no group shall suffer a shrinkage of its normal quota of basic necessities because some richer group can buy all the available supply at high prices."
"The prevention of a spiraling domestic economy is a vital part of the winning of the war itself."
"If the vicious spiral of inflation ever gets under way, the whole economic system will stagger."
"The cost of living goes up as fast as it is threatening to do in the immediate future."