Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

The purpose of your survey and investigation is to recommend such action as will best produce the synthetic rubber necessary for our total war effort.

Context

Letter to Bernard M. Baruch Requesting a Survey of the Rubber Situation

08/05/1942

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