The Trump administration is facing pressure to invoke a Cold War-era law that would force manufacturers, in this case manufacturers of medical equipment such as respirators, to ramp up production so that the expected surge of COVID-19 patients won’t overwhelm our already-struggling hospitals. However, as Yahoo News reports, Trump isn’t prepared to take that step yet.
Back in 1950, as the U.S. was poised to enter the Korean War, the Truman administration passed the law that would, among other things, allows the president to “require” businesses, such as manufacturers, to fulfill orders related to national defense and to allocate materials and production for the same reasons.
The Act has been invoked 50 times since it was signed into law.
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