Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
Law
By: U.S. Congress
Date: June 22, 1944
Source: Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944. U.S. Public Law 346. 78th Cong. 2d sess., June 22, 1944. Available online at http://www.nara.gov:80/cgi-bin/starfinder/20769; website home page: http://www.nara.gov (accessed February 11, 2003).
Introduction
While the war was still raging, American policy makers were trying to figure out what to do about the eventual prospect of sixteen million returning veterans. The possibility of another economic depression was alarming. As early as 1942, it was obvious that a plan would be needed to reintegrate the veterans into the civilian economy without causing massive unemployment. The National Resources Planning Board, a White House agency, studied postwar manpower needs and in June 1943...
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