Labor Jawn

1946 Price Control Protests


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During WW2, to prevent the runaway inflation experienced in the 1st World War, the US Government established the Office of Price Administration to enforce price ceilings and regulate business. But after the war conservative forces started to push for their wholesale removal, the labor movement stepped up to try and prevent another great depression.

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Labor JawnBy Gabe Christy and Young Sam James