The WWII Home Front - Arsenal of Democracy | 1
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Roosevelt and the Depression
By October 1940 Nudson and his team had awarded 920 military contracts worth nearly nine billion dollars But a host of obstacles hampered their progress Industries were in no hurry to convert to defense production with a civilian economy finally improving. They continued to churn out as many consumer goods as possible fearing they would soon be forced to stop. Roosevelt was reluctant to relinquish power to business leaders He dismissed public calls for a production czar with real authority declaring you cannot set up a second president under the Constitution.
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