Posted on 02/26/2011 5:24:21 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
Keep an eye out for any reports on British labor strikes as well. I’m not sure how much coverage it got in the U.S. but there is definitely a significant jump in the number of strikes in Britain in 1940 compared in the previous year. The numbers I have show that in the British metal, engineering and shipbuilding industry there were 163,000 work days lost in 1940 due to strikes. In 1941 it jumps to 556,000. The worst year will actually be 1944 though with over a million work days lost.
Very interesting. Thanks Larry.
"President Roosevelt expressed the belief today that propoals for peace in Europe must await a British victory."
I didn't see any mention of follow-up questions from the press about how that makes a mockery of the Neutrality Act. I guess it is now considered bad form to bring up stuff like that.
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