FDR: “We are learning to ration materials, and we must now learn to ration…”

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We are learning to ration materials, and we must now learn to ration manpower.

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Roosevelt advocates for the need to manage manpower as carefully as materials during the war.

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FDR: “We are learning to ration materials, and we must now learn to ration manpower.”