hollywood in WWll:
tried to make the enemy look terrible
try to get public opinion to support the war
a lot of movies made during ww2 about ww2
bob hope would go over and entertain the troops so that they had something to look forward to
played the role of propaganda
office of price administration:
administer price controls
food rationing include restrictions on sugar and meat; clothing restricted; gasoline was restricted
stickers were placed on automobiles; truckers were able to get unlimited gas
a black market developed in stolen or counterfeit stickers
people would have to wait to get some of the things that they needed
war production board:
gov't organization that encouraged factories to produce as much as they can
made sure that the factories were efficient
national war labor board:
brought workers and their bosses together
made sure there were no fights
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