Word: handiest
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...when Pacific war cuts these supplies, the U. S. will be dependent on: 1) stockpiles; 2) reclaimed rubber; 3) synthetic rubber; 4) foreign sources within the U. S. Fleet's protection. Since big time production of synthetic rubber would be at least two years away, handiest source of new rubber in the Western Hemisphere is the guayule bush in Mexico, Hevea tree in Brazil...