1. Mobilizing for War

2. Mobilizing for War America already producing war materials
Pearl Harbor-> increase production of war planes and ships
Federal government (Army-Navy Munitions Board) signed contracts with American companies
Aircrafts
Ships
Equipment

3. War Effort Incentives Cost-Plus Contracts
Government paid company what it cost make product, plus a percentage of the cost as profit
Company makes more products, quickly= make more money
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Loans money to businesses to convert to producing war materials

4. War Production
By 1942, 200,000 American companies converted to war production
Auto Industry- 1/3 of all military equipment
Trucks, Jeeps, Tanks, Artillery, Rifles, Mines, Helmets, Planes
Ford made 8,600B-24 Liberators (55min/plane)
Construction Industry- Henry Kaiser
Ship-building, Liberty Ships (41 days per ship)
3,000 ships

5. Government Agencies
Federal Government Agencies- more control of economic life
War Production Board
Set industry priorities, production goals, controlled raw material distribution and supplies
National War Labor Board
Prevented work stoppage by settling disputes between workers and management
Office of Price Administration
Regulated price, rationed consumer supplies

6. Building an Army
Days after Germany invaded Poland, FDR expanded army to 227,000 soldiers
Selective Service and Training Act
First peacetime draft
After Pearl Harbor, 60,000 men enlisted
Equipment shortages
Recruits stayed in tents
Carried sticks instead of guns, threw stones instead of grenades
Draftees issued uniforms, physical, aptitude tests, training
Training creates camaraderie