208-PU-171A-26:   President Franklin D. Roosevelt inspects U.S. Arsenal of Democracy:  In a 8.700 mile tour of the United States war industries and centers of the U.S. Armed Forces, President Roosevelt received a first-hand picture of American war production. At the end of the coast-to-coast journey, he said that he was deeply impressed by the progress of the nation’s war program.  In some instances, he said, factories were running ahead of schedule.  Mr. Roosevelt listed 26 industrial, Army and Navy establishments during the two-week trip.  Shown:  The Presidential party passes under the wings of a line a of U.S. Navy patrol bombers at a West Coast war plant.  The President is in the rear of the first car.   Office of War Information Collection.   (2016/08/30).
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