Primary evidence for the voluntary conservation phase immediately before mandatory plant quotas.
The January 29 message describes the shutdown while explaining why a continuing voluntary agreement failed and mandatory allocation followed.
The distilling industry agreed to close for 60 days beginning at midnight October 25, 1947; negotiations during the shutdown did not produce an effective continuing voluntary grain-conservation program.
Mandatory-control recommendation
Voluntary shutdown and industry negotiations
Voluntary shutdown and industry negotiations
Verified against the complete January 29 Truman Library transcription.
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