As a result of the serious rubber situation, the War Production Board 'froze' all sale of automobile tires and directed their rationing by OPA . . . . 'These huge expenditures for ships, planes, and other war equipment will require prompt conversion of a large portion of our industrial establishment to war production,' the President said . . . . Supplies of civilian goods, already shrinking, would be curtailed much more acutely, and scarcity, hitherto confined largely to consumer durable goods, would spread to virtually every type of product.
a) Congressman who explored the labor practices done by Walmart
b) OPA Reports on the Consequences of Defense Production
c) From the Office of Price Administration (1942)
d) Edenton Tea Party Letter