Word: diverts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...only the gods can say how long U.S. truck tires will last, or whether an early winter will close down on the Great Lakes and divert millions of tons of iron ore to the western railroads...
...purpose of displaying all this data is not to divert any emphasis from war to post-war thinking. Some 400,000 aircraft workers will be thrown out of work, but it wouldn't matter if 4,000,000 packed the bread lines, so long as we win the war. The important point is that problems of unemployment relief and plant conversion are being met in the automobile industry today. We can take care of these 400,000 men, but only if we make plans now for speedily turning defense plants back into peace-time production, and tiding these workers over...
...basis it is our Government." The President answered: It would help if the "bright boys" who talk of Government economy would specify what activities they would like to see reduced. Economy was up to the people and their representatives, said Franklin Roosevelt. Then he quietly ordered all agencies to divert surplus manpower to war work...
...foolish. Those who would support it in the name of national defense are mistaken. In the first place there is no real food shortage. We do not compete much with national defense when we eat more food. In fact the government would encourage such a policy in order to divert surplus money, from competing with the government for durable goods...
Congress didn't trust us this time, and decided to settle the question with a national law. In many localities, the saving of power for industrial use is vital. It has been estimated that "war time" will divert 736 million kilowatt hours for use in war industry...