Profile America: Coffee Rationing
Decreed in 1942, coffee rationing proved very unpopular.
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Profile America: Early Presidential Radio
Wednesday, February 22 — The history of radio and the presidency seems to center entirely on Franklin Roosevelt’s famous “fireside chats” beginning in 1933 in the depths of the Depression. But the first president to address the nation from the White […]
Profile America: Minimum Wage
On this date in 1914 Henry Ford announced that he would reduce the workday eight hours, and pay a minimum wage of $5 a day,
Profile America: Early Presidential Radio
EARLY PRESIDENTIAL RADIO The history of radio and the presidency seems to center entirely on Franklin Roosevelt’s famous “fireside chats” beginning in 1933 in the depths of the Depression. But the first president to address the nation from the […]
Profile America: Japanese-American Internment
JAPANESE INTERNMENT Friday, February 19 — On this date in 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt issued an executive order requiring Japanese-Americans living along the Pacific Coast to be relocated inland. This order affected some 77,000 citizens and 43,000 resident aliens. The […]
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