Truman account of a 60-day shutdown from October 24 to December 24

Annotation

Corroborates the voluntary shutdown but exposes a one-day discrepancy in the official start-date description.

Challenges Claims

Citations

Truman, “Statement by the President Calling on Distillers,” paragraph 3

Context

The January 31 statement summarizes the prior voluntary and mandatory phases before requesting renewed voluntary compliance.

Excerpt ID

1558

Excerpt Text

Truman stated that most of the distilling industry voluntarily suspended production for 60 days from October 24 through December 24, 1947.

Literature Notes

Locator End

3

Locator Start

3

Locator Type

Paragraph

Originating Working Notes

Page (text)

Source

No access

Source Section

Opening account of prior controls

Supports Claims

The distilling industry undertook a 60-day voluntary production shutdown in late 1947The industry operated without fixed total-use quotas from December 1, 1946, until the late-October 1947 voluntary shutdown

Tags

American Whiskey History and CultureDistilleries, Brands, and Industry

Verification Notes

Verified against paragraph 3 of the complete January 31 Truman Library transcription.

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