Civilian Production Administration

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The Civilian Production Administration was a U.S. government agency created near the end of World War II to oversee the transition of American industry from wartime to peacetime production.

Aliases (1)
  • Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion ×1

Statements (30)
Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal agency
appliesTo American industry
appliesToJurisdiction United States
country United States
describedBySource National Archives and Records Administration finding aids
United States government historical records
dissolved 1946
hasRole allocation of materials for civilian use
control of industrial production priorities
oversight of transition from wartime to peacetime production
removal of wartime production restrictions
support for reconversion of war industries
hasScope civilian goods production
industrial capacity management
materials distribution
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
historyPeriod World War II home front in the United States
post–World War II economic adjustment in the United States
inception 1945
industry economic planning
industrial regulation
legislativeBasis executive authority of the President of the United States
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity District of Columbia
operatingPeriod post–World War II reconversion era
parentOrganization Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
partOf United States war and postwar mobilization apparatus
replaced War Production Board
replacedBy Civilian Production Administration functions in Department of Commerce
Office of Temporary Controls
significantEvent transition from World War II wartime production to peacetime production

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Office of Civilian Defense
Office of War Mobilization ("Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion")
War Production Board
replacedBy

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