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The Selective Traning and Service Act
When FDR realized that a crucial step that he had to take was to strengthen the armed forces if the United States were to enter the war on the side of the Allies. So Congress authorized the first peacetime draft in the nation's history. The act required all males aged 21 to 36 to register for miltary service. The United States also boosted its defense spending from $2 billion at the start of the year to more than $10 billion in September
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Office of Price Administration
It was established by an executive order. The OPA's job was to control inflation by limiting prices and rents. They also oversaw rationing during the war. The goal of rationing was a fair distribution of scarce items. They assigned points to items such as sugar, coffee, meat, butter, canned fruit, and shoes.
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War Production
The government set up the War Production Board (WPB) to direct the conversion of peacetime industries to industries that produced war goods. It quickly halted the production fo hundreds of civilian consumer goods, from cars to lawn mowers to bird cages, and encouraged companies to make good for the war. The armed forces decided which companes would receive contracts to manufacture military hardware, but the WPB set priorities and allocated raw materials.
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Office of War Mobilization
The office would serve as a super-agency in the centrallization of resouces. The president appointed James F. Byrnes to head of the office of war mobilization. As production of consumer goods stopped factories converted to war production.
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Passing the Smith-Connally Act
This act was passed over President Roosevelt's veto in 1943. It limiting future strike activity. They got this act from the serious strikes that occurred in the coal industry. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers union, and the miners had watched industry profits and the cost of living soar while their wages stayed the same. They called a strike on four occasions in 1943 until this act was passed
-Brandon Adams
