1942: Nearly a year after the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States fully into World War II, the Americans get around to imposing nationwide gasoline rationing.
A fuel shortage was not the problem. America had plenty of that. What it lacked was rubber. Both the Army and Navy were in desperate need [...]
Posts Tagged ‘President Franklin Roosevelt’
Dec. 1, 1942: Mandatory Gas Rationing, Lots of Whining
December 1st, 2009 |
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Stephen Schlesinger: Obama’s Internationalism: Echoes of FDR, HST and JFK
July 11th, 2009 |
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Obama’s words represent a continuation of the historic tradition of internationalism in the Democratic Party that has helped build America into the most powerful land on earth.