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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| War Industries Board canonical | 4 |
| Supply Priorities and Allocations Board | 1 |
Statements (48)
| 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