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The U.S. WWII Rubber Industry:
During the Second World War Japan invaded South East Asia cutting off the USA from its established supplies of natural rubber so the Americans turned towards natural rubber conservation and like this poster promotes, recycling scrap rubber. Additionally the United States and others experimented with alternate sources of natural rubber like wild rubber gathered in the Congo and Amazon Basins and cultivation of rubber tree (Hevea) alternate plants suitable to the U.S. climate which bare rubber like guayule. By the end of WWII with massive assistance from the government a wartime developed U. S. synthetic rubber industry was producing huge producing almost 75,000 tonnes in 1945.
Rubber industry during WWII from the International Rubber Research and Development Board website.
WWII Propaganda Posters Urging Conservation, Limitation, and Rationing by Americans on the home front to support the war effort: The United States did not suffer the same kinds of war deprivations that Europe did, although there were wartime shortages. During World War II it became necessary for the U.S. government to ration some foods, rubber, gas, and even clothing. Americans were asked to limit and conserve on many niceties and necessities.Wartime travel, materials and commodities conservation and rationing meant participation and sacrifices by all. Their efforts included scrap drives, taking factory jobs, goods donations and other similar projects to assist the troops on the front lines. Government-sponsored ads, radio shows, posters and pamphlet campaigns urged the American people to comply. With a sense of urgency, the campaigns appealed to America to contribute by whatever means they had, without complaint. These methods were a highly effective and one can gain a better understanding and imagine how and why they worked so well by viewing the historic conservation and rationing posters like this one displayed on this web page; this vintage poster sends a strong effective message.
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