Office of War Mobilization
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The Office of War Mobilization was a U.S. World War II agency that coordinated all government agencies involved in the war effort to efficiently direct the nation’s economic and industrial resources toward victory.
Aliases (7)
- Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion ×1
- United States Secretary of War Mobilization ×1
- United States defense mobilization apparatus ×1
- United States war agencies ×1
- United States war mobilization apparatus ×1
- United States wartime emergency administration ×1
- United States wartime mobilization apparatus ×1
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States federal agency
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World War II home front agency → |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States federal government
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| appointedBy |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| coordinatedWith |
Foreign Economic Administration
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Office of Defense Transportation → Office of Economic Stabilization → Office of Lend-Lease Administration → Office of Price Administration → War Manpower Commission → War Production Board → |
| country |
United States
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| createdBy |
Executive Order 9347
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| describedAs |
central coordinating agency for U.S. war mobilization
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“superagency” overseeing war production and economic stabilization → |
| director |
James F. Byrnes
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| dissolved |
1944-10-03
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| hasActivity |
advising the President on war mobilization policy
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allocation of raw materials for war production → coordination of civilian supply with military requirements → coordination of foreign economic operations related to the war effort → coordination of labor and manpower policies for war industries → coordination of price and wage stabilization policies → coordination of procurement policies of war agencies → coordination of transportation and logistics for the war effort → coordination of war production schedules → preparation of comprehensive war production programs → review of major war-related programs and proposals → |
| hasPurpose |
coordination of all U.S. government agencies involved in the World War II war effort
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direction of the use of the nation’s economic resources for war production → direction of the use of the nation’s industrial resources for war production → integration of military and civilian production needs → resolution of conflicts among war agencies over production priorities → |
| headOfGovernment |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| headOfGovernmentRole |
Director of War Mobilization
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| inception |
1943-05-27
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| legislatedBy |
United States Congress
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| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
District of Columbia
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| location |
Washington, D.C.
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| parentOrganization |
Executive Office of the President of the United States
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| partOf |
United States home front during World War II
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| publicationDateOfFoundingDocument |
1943-05-27
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| replacedBy |
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
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| significantEvent |
coordination of U.S. total war mobilization in 1943–1944
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| significantFigure |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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James F. Byrnes → |
| subordinateTo |
President of the United States
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| timePeriod |
World War II
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Referenced by (11)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Office of Lend-Lease Administration
("United States war agencies")
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Office of Production Management ("United States defense mobilization apparatus") → Office of War Utilities ("United States wartime mobilization apparatus") → War Industries Board ("United States war mobilization apparatus") → |
partOf |
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War Manpower Commission
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cooperatedWith |
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James F. Byrnes
("United States Secretary of War Mobilization")
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heldPosition |
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Executive Order 9347
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implementedBy |
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Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services
("United States wartime emergency administration")
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isPartOf |
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Executive Order 9347
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officeCreated |
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Civilian Production Administration
("Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion")
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parentOrganization |
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Executive Order 9347
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relatedTo |