On January 31, 1948, the statutory authority for the distillers' grain limits expired before the House acted on an extension. President Truman then asked producers of ethyl alcohol to continue temporarily, on a voluntary basis, the same monthly quotas and wheat prohibition used in January.
Verified against the complete January 31 presidential statement, which distinguishes the expired legal authority from the requested voluntary controls.
The statement establishes the request and the legal lapse; it does not, by itself, establish the degree of industry compliance or the ultimate end date of the voluntary arrangement.
This separates mandatory law from voluntary presidential pressure and prevents the timeline from implying continuous legal authority after January 31.
Safe for a precise transition event. Add industry compliance evidence before describing the voluntary limits as universally observed.