(2 of 14)
3. Take over alien property.
4. Write war contracts without competitive bidding.
5. Suspend the writ of habeas corpus.
7. With hardly an argument, Congress also passed a bill extending draft registration ages to:
1. 21-36.
2. 18-65.
3. 18-45.
4. 21-35.
5. 18-40.
8. Old squabbles were silenced and all but one of the following happened in isolationist circles:
1. The "America First" Committee dissolved.
2. John L. Lewis said, "Every American must rally to the nation's support."
3. Laura Ingalls took a responsible position in O.C.D.
4. The Army Air Corps accepted Lindbergh's services.
5. Senator Wheeler said we should beat hell out of the Japs.
9. Such Congressional unity was in sharp contrast to the 212-194 vote last November when the House finally:
1. Approved the occupation of Iceland.
2. Added $5,956,786,452 to Lend-Lease funds.
3. Authorized naval and air bases in Ireland.
4. Authorized arming of merchantmen and opening of war zones.
5. Extended selectees' terms one year only.
10. But even last fall America's march toward war was signalled by all but one of the following:
1. The Reuben James was sunk by a Nazi submarine.
2. American troops occupied Surinam.
3. The U.S. took Martinique.
4. Russia got a billion dollars of Lend-Lease aid.
5. 11 U.S. merchant ships were sunk by the Nazis.
GRAND STRATEGY
11. Just before Christmas Winston Churchill suddenly appeared, made one of his greatest speeches before Congress but did not say:
1. "We will not be able to reveal all that happens during the momentous months ahead."
2. "Disappointments and unpleasant surprises await us."
3. "If we had kept together after the last war . . . this need never have fallen upon us."
4. "1943 will enable us to assume the initiative."
5. "The lifeline of supplies . . . is flowing steadily and freely in spite of the enemy."
12. And from his strategy conferences with President Roosevelt came the dramatic announcement that:
1. 100,000 American troops were in Australia.
2. 47 nations had accepted the Atlantic Charter.
3. Jap cities would soon be "bombed and bombed again."
4. We would anticipate Hitler-occupy Irish bases.
5. 26 nations pledged their resources in the fight against the Axis.
13. Soon afterwards the White House announced a unified command of all allied forces in the South Pacific under:
1. MacArthur.
2. Wavell.
3. Admiral King.
4. Pownall.
5. Chiang Kaishek.
PROGRESS
14. "We will hit them and hit them again," said President Roosevelt in his "State of the Nation" address in which he promised an A.E.F. and set our production goal for 1942 at 45,000 tanks and:
1. 20,000 planes.
2. 40,000 planes.
3. 80,000 planes.
4. 60,000 planes.
5. 100,000 planes.
15. And the next day he sent to Congress a budget calling for total expenditures in 1943 of:
1. $59 billion.
2. $9 billion.
3. $29 billion.
4. $49 billion.
5. $109 billion.
16. Of this