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The History of the DPA
In the fiftiesit's kind of a cautionary tale. Afte the after the cree and armistice, the eisenhauer administration and the d p was renewed in 19 55. A johnson administration used it to fund ordnance plants and prioritize defense orders. During the first arab oil embargo in 19 67, for example, the department of interior used the d p a to refurbish old oil tankers. On the second embargo, 73, president nixon used it to force producers to divert oil from existing delivery contracts to the military. And then in 19 79, after the uranian revolution, president jimmy carter used the de pa to direct