President Truman reported that the distilling industry voluntarily suspended production for 60 days in late 1947. His January 29 message says the shutdown began at midnight October 25; his January 31 statement describes it as October 24 through December 24.
Verified against two complete Truman Library presidential records. Both agree on a 60-day voluntary shutdown and December 24 endpoint; they differ by one calendar day in describing the start.
Use 'late October' or explicitly note the one-day discrepancy unless a separate contemporaneous industry agreement resolves whether 'midnight October 25' was being counted as October 24/25.
The two primary presidential records independently establish the voluntary shutdown while making the boundary ambiguity visible.
Publication-safe when the date discrepancy is preserved.