Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense

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The Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense was a World War I–era U.S. advisory body that coordinated industrial and economic resources for national defense prior to being superseded by later wartime production agencies.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal advisory body
World War I–era government commission
appliesToJurisdiction United States
archivesAt U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
coordinateWith United States Army
United States Navy
organized labor leaders
private industry leaders
country United States
dissolved circa 1919
fieldOfWork economic mobilization
industrial mobilization
national defense planning
war production planning
foundedBy United States federal government
hasMember Bernard M. Baruch
Daniel Willard
Howard E. Coffin
J. Franklin Fort
Julius Rosenwald
Samuel Gompers
Walter S. Gifford
hasObjective to advise on mobilization of economic resources for national defense
to coordinate industrial capacity for wartime needs
to facilitate cooperation between government and industry
hasPart subcommittees on labor
subcommittees on munitions
subcommittees on raw materials
subcommittees on shipping
subcommittees on supplies
subcommittees on transportation
hasRole advisory body on national defense
coordinator of economic resources for national defense
coordinator of industrial resources for national defense
inception 1916
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalBasis Army Appropriation Act of 1916
legislatedBy United States Congress
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Washington, D.C.
operatingPeriod World War I era
parentOrganization United States Department of War
United States Department of the Navy
partOf Council of National Defense
replacedBy War Industries Board
other World War I wartime production agencies
saidToBeTheSameAs Advisory Commission of the Council of National Defense
significantEvent mobilization of U.S. industry for World War I
timePeriod 1910s

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Office for Emergency Management ("Council of National Defense")
relatedTo
Office of Production Management
replaces
Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense ("Advisory Commission of the Council of National Defense")
saidToBeTheSameAs

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