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US Army Trucks and Cars Lining the Road, 1932. 'In the face of such stubbornness [civil unrest], those in power sometimes take stronger measures than are healthy in a democracy, but the times are such that those in power too grow fearful, and see revolution in any move that they consider unconstitutional. Troops and guns. Only a display of strength, they feel, can cool the ardour of the hotheads who are always at the root of these industrial disturbances. But when it comes to the test, they are often proved mistaken'. From "Time To Remember - Around the Corner", 1932 (Reel 2); diary of events in 1932 in the United States of America - Franklin Roosevelt becomes the President.