War Industries Board

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The War Industries Board was a U.S. government agency during World War I that coordinated and prioritized industrial production and resource allocation to support the war effort.

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Generate an image of the War Industries Board (The War Industries Board was a U.S. government agency during World War I that coordinated and prioritized industrial production and resource allocation to support the war effort.)

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instanceOf United States federal agency ⓘ
World War I-era agency ⓘ
appliesTo United States industrial sector ⓘ
private manufacturers with war contracts ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America ⓘ
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
authorizedBy executive order ⓘ
chairperson Bernard M. Baruch ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dissolved 1919 ⓘ
fieldOfWork government–industry relations ⓘ
industrial mobilization ⓘ
resource allocation ⓘ
war economy planning ⓘ
follows Council of National Defense (industrial functions) ⓘ
hasEffect expansion of federal role in the economy ⓘ
increased coordination of U.S. war production ⓘ
precedent for centralized economic planning in wartime ⓘ
hasMember Alexander Legge ⓘ
Bernard M. Baruch ⓘ
Hugh Frayne ⓘ
Hugh Johnson ⓘ
Robert S. Brookings ⓘ
hasPurpose allocation of raw materials for war production ⓘ
avoid duplication in industrial output ⓘ
coordination of industrial production for war ⓘ
increase efficiency of wartime production ⓘ
mediation between government and industry ⓘ
prioritization of military contracts ⓘ
standardization of industrial products ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception 1917 ⓘ
influenced War Production Board ⓘ
later U.S. wartime mobilization agencies ⓘ
influencedBy European wartime economic planning ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod World War I ⓘ
notableWork standardization of industrial products to reduce waste ⓘ
partOf United States war mobilization apparatus ⓘ
regulates allocation of coal ⓘ
allocation of other strategic raw materials ⓘ
allocation of petroleum ⓘ
allocation of steel ⓘ
priority ratings for government contracts ⓘ
production of military equipment ⓘ
production of munitions ⓘ
significantEvent World War I ⓘ
uses priority rating system for contracts ⓘ

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Office for Emergency Management → hasPart → Supply Priorities and Allocations Board ⓘ
linked to: War Industries Board