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...action, the Council postpones indefinitely the adoption here of any such food-saving schedule. Dining halls now observe only meatless and eggless days...
These conservation measures would supplement meatless and eggless days now in existence...
Durant, who had earlier made clear his desire to "play ball with the nation" on meatless Tuesdays and eggless-poultry-less Thursdays told the Council members that this program was already being followed with proper substitutions...
Just as Soapman Charles Luckman's high-powered voluntary save-food campaign was all fueled up and ready to go, Secretary of Agriculture Clint Anderson clomped a heavy foot on the brake. At a press conference in Chicago, tactless Clint Anderson casually dismissed meatless Tuesdays and eggless Thursdays as just "symbols of sacrifice." They were not intended "primarily to save food themselves," he said, but "to get the public in the frame of mind to conserve food." It was "like going to church on Sunday. . . . It's a reminder...
Next day, President Harry Truman did his best to undo the damage.* Breaking the rule against direct quotation during White House conferences, he said: "Meatless and eggless days are for the purpose of saving grain. . . . When you save meat and poultry products you save grain, and grain is what is necessary to meet the hunger situation in Europe...