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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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 |
National Security Resources Board
→
surface form: "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 |
Office of War Mobilization
→
surface form: "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 → |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Supply Priorities and Allocations Board"