Office of Defense Mobilization

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United States federal agency

The Office of Defense Mobilization was a U.S. federal agency created during the early Cold War to coordinate industrial and economic resources for national defense and emergency preparedness.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Office of Defense Mobilization canonical 5
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization 2
Office of Defense Transportation 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal agency ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1958 ⓘ
dissolvedInto Office of Defense Mobilization self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
fieldOfWork economic policy ⓘ
emergency management ⓘ
industrial mobilization ⓘ
national security ⓘ
foundedBy President Harry S. Truman ⓘ
surface form: Harry S. Truman
hasActivity coordination of federal agencies for defense production ⓘ
coordination of stockpiling of strategic materials ⓘ
development of mobilization plans ⓘ
planning for wartime conversion of civilian industry ⓘ
preparation of emergency economic controls ⓘ
public communication on mobilization policies ⓘ
hasJurisdiction national defense resources ⓘ
hasPurpose allocation of critical materials ⓘ
coordination of industrial resources for national defense ⓘ
economic mobilization for national emergencies ⓘ
emergency preparedness planning ⓘ
stabilization of the civilian economy during defense emergencies ⓘ
hasRole advising the President on mobilization policy ⓘ
control of certain raw material allocations ⓘ
coordination of defense production ⓘ
coordination with industry on mobilization planning ⓘ
planning for continuity of government in emergencies ⓘ
prioritization of defense-related contracts ⓘ
hasScope civilian economy ⓘ
economic resources ⓘ
emergency preparedness ⓘ
industrial resources ⓘ
historicalContext Korean War ⓘ
historicalPeriod Cold War ⓘ
inception 1950 ⓘ
isPartOf United States emergency management system ⓘ
United States national security apparatus ⓘ
legalBasis Defense Production Act of 1950 ⓘ
Executive Order 10193 ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
partOf Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ
reasonForAbolition reorganization of federal civil defense and mobilization functions ⓘ
reorganizedInto Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization ⓘ
replacedBy Office of Defense Mobilization self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
subordinateTo Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ
President of the United States ⓘ
timePeriod 1950s ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office for Emergency Management → hasPart → Office of Defense Mobilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of Defense Transportation
Office for Emergency Management → hasPart → Office of Defense Mobilization ⓘ
OEM → oversaw → Office of Defense Mobilization ⓘ
subject surface form: Office for Emergency Management
this entity surface form: Office of Defense Transportation
National Security Resources Board → dissolvedInto → Office of Defense Mobilization ⓘ
National Security Resources Board → relatedTo → Office of Defense Mobilization ⓘ
War Production Board → precededBy → Office of Defense Mobilization ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supply Priorities and Allocations Board
Office of Defense Mobilization → dissolvedInto → Office of Defense Mobilization self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Office of Defense Mobilization → replacedBy → Office of Defense Mobilization self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization → replaces → Office of Defense Mobilization ⓘ
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization → follows → Office of Defense Mobilization ⓘ