For all the exuberant declarations of patriotism that followed the “Day of Infamy,” many Americans remained resentful about the need to accept even a modest share of the privations thrust upon most of the world’s peoples. Early in 1942, Arthur Schlesinger visited the Midwest on a tour of army bases for the Office of War Information: “We arrived in the midst of the whining about gas rationing, and it was pretty depressing. The anti-administration feeling is strong and open.”
