FDR: “Of course it is necessary, because we are terribly short of aluminum…”

On the recordOctober 9, 1941

Of course it is necessary, because we are terribly short of aluminum in every part of the world.

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FDR: “Of course it is necessary, because we are terribly short of aluminum in every part of the world.”