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On this day in 1947, in the first televised White House address,

President Truman encouraged peope to become vegetarians! Or at least

occasional vegetarians...

 

How times have changed...

 

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/1005.

html#article

 

Truman Calls On Nation To Forego Meat Tuesdays, Poultry, Eggs

Thursdays

Meat Industry Council Asks Price Ceilings on Livestock.

Requisitioning of Animals if Growers Refuse to Sell Also Urged--Two

'Meatless Days' a Week Opposed as No Economy

Truman Asks Meatless Tuesdays, No Poultry or Eggs Thursdays

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