WHAT AMERICAN COMPANIES CAN DO IF CALLED ON BY A REAL WARTIME PRESIDENT

During World War II, the federal government mobilized America's industry to provide for the war effort.  One of the notable products of this effort were dubbed Liberty Ships.  These were large [by the standards of the day], fast, stripped down cargo vessals that carried war material to Europe and the Pacific.  In a dramatic show of patriotic spirit, one shipyard built a Liberty Ship from start to finish in slightly over four days.  Here is the story.

It would take that long today for the White House to draft a memo.