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In this wartime MGM short, the Devil makes mischief with the U.S. economy. It's 5 months since the U.S. entered World War II and Adolf Hitler telephones the Devil for his help. No problem, says the Devil, he will get Americans to buy on credit, break rationing laws, hoard as much as they can and cash in their war bonds. It includes a clip from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt asking people to buy bonds and act in the best interest of the country. garykmcd

In conjunction with his disciple Adolf Hitler, the Devil has been causing havoc for the Allied forces in the lead up to and during WWII, with major offensives in Shanghai, Rotterdam and Poland among others. Following a discussion with Hitler, the Devil believes their next target should be the United States, a recent addition to the Allied forces. Based on historical precedents, he feels the best way to destroy the US is by destroying their wartime economy by causing inflation through getting the US populace to purchase uncontrollably as a collective on non-war related items leading to higher prices on already scarce goods, while the government focuses on wartime production. Other side measures the Devil will foster in the US include hoarding, cashing in of government bonds, manufacturers evading ceiling prices, and a build up of a black market economy. The only way the Americans can survive this attack by the Devil is to implement non-inflationary government policies, and have an educated populace who are taught the problems that will occur for the US if they partake in what is unknown to them as the Devil's economic activities. Huggo