Mobilization

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
09/01/1940	Selective Training and Service Act	Selective training and service act required all males aged 21 to 36 to register for military service. A limited number of men was selected from this pool to serve a year in the army. The United States also booted its defense spending from $2 billion at the start of the year to more that $10 billion in September. BY: RACHEL ADDLESPURGER
12/01/1941	Officer of Price of Administration	In April 1941, the Office of Price Administration (OPA) was established by an executive order. The OPA's job was to control inflation by limiting prices and rents. Such controls sometimes backfired, however. For example, companies would cut back on the production of goods whose prices did not allow for a substantial profit. Such cutbacks could cause the very shortages they were supposed to prevent. Also, people found ways of getting around the limits. BY: JACLYN LETO
01/16/1942	War Production Board (WPB)	A board that directed the conversion of peacetime industries to industries that produced war goods. This quickly stopped production of consumer goods, from cars to lawn mowers to bird cages, and encouraged companies to make goods for war. BY: Landon Faraoni
06/13/1942	Office of War Mobilization	its a federal agency formed during world war two.the head of the office war mobilzation is james f byrnes. this act helped deal with war production, labor questions and scarce resources. by: Ryan Nolan
06/25/1943	Smith Connoly Act	An agreement between Harold L. Ickes and Lewis. The agreement limited future strike activity.They did this because of all the strikes happening. By: the group