United States Fuel Administration

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The United States Fuel Administration was a World War I-era federal agency responsible for managing and conserving the nation’s fuel resources to support the American war effort.

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instanceOf World War I-era agency ⓘ
federal agency ⓘ
alsoKnownAs United States Fuel Administration ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Fuel Administration

United States Fuel Administration ⓘ
surface form: US Fuel Administration
appliesTo coal ⓘ
coke ⓘ
fuel oil ⓘ
gasoline ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America ⓘ
appointedBy Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
surface form: President Woodrow Wilson
collaboratesWith United States Railroad Administration ⓘ
War Industries Board ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dissolved 1919 ⓘ
foundedBy Woodrow Wilson administration ⓘ
hasHead Harry Augustus Garfield ⓘ
hasPurpose manage and conserve the nation’s fuel resources ⓘ
support the American war effort in World War I ⓘ
headOfGovernment Harry Augustus Garfield ⓘ
implementsPolicy fuel conservation measures ⓘ
mandatory fuel regulations ⓘ
voluntary fuel-saving campaigns ⓘ
inception 1917 ⓘ
industry energy ⓘ
introduced daylight saving time recommendations for fuel saving ⓘ
“gasless Sundays” program ⓘ
“heatless Mondays” program ⓘ
legislativeBasis Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 ⓘ
surface form: Food and Fuel Control Act
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainSubject coal supply ⓘ
energy conservation ⓘ
fuel management ⓘ
petroleum supply ⓘ
parentOrganization United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
positionHeldByHead United States Fuel Administration self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fuel Administrator
reasonForDissolution end of World War I and reduced need for centralized fuel control ⓘ
regulates fuel distribution ⓘ
fuel prices ⓘ
fuel priorities for industry ⓘ
fuel priorities for military needs ⓘ
fuel priorities for railroads ⓘ
fuel priorities for shipping ⓘ
scope national ⓘ
significantEvent coal shortages of winter 1917–1918 ⓘ
timePeriod World War I ⓘ

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Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 → grantedPowerTo → United States Fuel Administration ⓘ
Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 → authorizedCreationOf → United States Fuel Administration ⓘ
Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 → relatedTo → United States Fuel Administration ⓘ
Lever Act → grantedPowerTo → United States Fuel Administration ⓘ
Lever Act → relatedTo → United States Fuel Administration ⓘ
United States Fuel Administration → positionHeldByHead → United States Fuel Administration self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fuel Administrator
United States Fuel Administration → alsoKnownAs → United States Fuel Administration ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Fuel Administration
United States Fuel Administration → alsoKnownAs → United States Fuel Administration ⓘ
this entity surface form: US Fuel Administration
United States home front during World War I → hasPart → United States Fuel Administration ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fuel Administration
“heatless Mondays” program → implementedBy → United States Fuel Administration ⓘ
subject surface form: heatless Mondays program
Harry Augustus Garfield → positionHeld → United States Fuel Administration ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Fuel Administrator