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Selective Training and Service Act
1940 law requiring all males aged 21 to 36 to register for military servies. They made people go to war because they were short on soliders. It was a selective act which was passed by the c0ngress of the united states.
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The Office of Price Administration
The Office of Price Sdministration was called the OPA. The government was scared that shortages would cause price increases, so they used tough measures to stop inflation. They created this event tocontrol inflation by limiting prices and rents. By; Natalie Davis -
War Production Board
The government set up the War Production Board to direct the peacetime industries to industries that produced goods. It quickly halted the production of hundreds of civilian consumer goods. The armed forces decided which companies would receive contracts to manufacture military. tyler -
Smith Connally act
The Smith Connaly act was also known as the War labor dispute Act. Was measure enacted by the U.S. Congress, over President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s veto, giving the president power to seize and operate privately owned war plants when an actual or threatened strike or lockout interfered with war production.
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The Office of War Mobilization
On this day, James F. Byrnes was picked to head the Office of War Mobilization. This is a federal angency formed to coordinate issues related to war production during WWI. He was picked by the President. He was also a member of Congress and a close pesidential advisor. - Emily Boff
