3 seconds sound clip from the Christmas in July (1944) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:53:40 in the radio play.
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- The way I see it, our boys are doing an all out job in Europe, and we've got to do an all out job here at home too.
- All the little jobs that add up to so much, like saving every last drop of used fat.
- Now that we can have meat more often, it should be easy to turn in twice as much as we used to!
- And even though meats aren't rationed, those two red ration points tokens you get for every pound of waste fats still come in handy for steaks, certain kinds of cheese and butter!
- You know, Mr. Kennedy, there's one thing I don't understand about that.
- What's that?
- Why is it that they give us points for used fats when we don't have to pay any for new ones, like shortening and lard?
- The government doesn't want to use good cooking fats for industrial uses unless it's necessary to do so.
- I should hope not.
- So, they're asking women to turn in old burned used fats for our war planes.
- Keep right on saving every drop of used kitchen fat! Keep a tin can by the stove, then take it to your butcher when it's full and collect two points and four cents for every pound.
- It will be on it's way to a war plane in three weeks.
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