| President Pleads For Price Curb | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1531 |
| Catalog #: | 498157 | |
| Clip Number: | 498157-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 019-516 | |
| Timecode: | 00:16:16 - 00:17:59 | |
| Location: | Washington DC | |
| Year Shot: | 1946 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ECONOMICS: Inflation LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Washington D.C. PERSONALITIES: Truman, Harry POLITICS: Public Address (Speech) | |
| Description: | Overexposed, poor quality The President pleads for price-curb and hold the line against inflation. Harry S. Truman: "I wanted to sign a price control bill. I gave this bill long and careful study. I came to the conclusion that the bill that the congress sent to me was no price control bill, at all. It gave you no protection against higher and higher prices. Therefore I call upon every businessman, every producer and every landlord to adhere to the existing regulations even though for a short period they may not have the effect of law. It will be contrary to their own interest to embark upon a reckless period of inflation. It is to their own interest to exercise self restraint until some action can be obtained from the congress. And finely my fellow citizens, I say to you, that we as a nation have it within our hands to make this post war period and era of the greatest opportunity and prosperity in our nations history. But it's short sightedness and impatience if partisanship and greed are allowed to triumph over the efforts to maintain economic stability. This grand opportunity will have been sacrificed - That Must Not Happen. With your help and understanding, it will not happen". | |
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