[Red Badger]

(9) Rubber Dictator

Not going there....nope, not me............

[gov_bean_ counter]

Ahh, come on, why not????

[forgotten man]

(9) Rubber Dictator

I think that is a rubber potato that is worn at a “come as you are” costume party.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Actually the WW2 “Rubber Czar” was a man named Jeffers, head of the Northern Pacific Railroad who took on Ickes and others regarding the problems with the Synthetic Rubber/Natural Rubber conflicting programs.

Jeffers was “old school”. He demanded from FDR that if he took over as “Rubber Czar” he could do the following.

1. Make the final decisions about priorities. He got it.
2. Run his railroad at night from his hotel room. He got it.
3. Get paid breakfasts, etc. He did not get this.

America got both a successful rubber program and synthetic rubber program so vital to the war effort (tires for planes, trucks, etc).

One of America’s great unsung heroes (A Dollar A Year Man) of WW2.

Ickes was sometimes right on setting priorities but he was a bastard to work with and alienated many hardworking subordinates.