Archive Report
Archive Report
Access to Raw Materials
Real or asserted difficulties in obtaining access to needed raw materials have been the basis of one of the principal complaints of the “have-not” powers-Germany, Italy, Japan-and of their demands for territorial readjustments and a new economic order. During the period of war preparation, Axis leaders employed the “have-not” slogan as a rallying cry for programs of regimentation at home and programs of expansion abroad. Raw material problems, aggravated by the depression, led to a political and ...