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FDR: “The purpose of your survey and investigation is to recommend such action as will best produce the synthetic rubber…”

On the recordAugust 5, 1942
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.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

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

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