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<blockquote data-quote="texan" data-source="post: 1035481" data-attributes="member: 38206">On this day, 5 Oct 1947, First presidential speech on TVOn this day in 1947, President Harry Truman (1884-1972) makes the first-ever televised presidential addressfrom the White House, asking Americans to cut back on their use of grain in order to help starving Europeans. At the time of Truman&#039;s food-conservation speech, Europe was still recovering from World War II and sufferingfrom famine. Truman, the 33rd commander in chief, worried that if the U.S. didn&#039;t provide food aid, his administration&#039;s Marshall Plan for European economic recovery would fall apart.He asked farmers and distillers to reduce grain use and requested that the public voluntarily forgomeat on Tuesdays, eggs and poultry on Thursdays and save a slice of bread each day.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="texan, post: 1035481, member: 38206"] [B]On this day, 5 Oct 1947, First presidential speech on TV On this day in 1947, President Harry Truman (1884-1972) makes the first-ever televised presidential address from the White House, asking Americans to cut back on their use of grain in order to help starving Europeans. At the time of Truman's food-conservation speech, Europe was still recovering from World War II and suffering from famine. Truman, the 33rd commander in chief, worried that if the U.S. didn't provide food aid, his administration's Marshall Plan for European economic recovery would fall apart. He asked farmers and distillers to reduce grain use and requested that the public voluntarily forgo meat on Tuesdays, eggs and poultry on Thursdays and save a slice of bread each day.[/B] [/QUOTE]

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