Civilian Production Administration

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United States federal agency

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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Civilian Production Administration canonical	2
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal agency ⓘ
appliesTo	American industry ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describedBySource	National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ surface form: 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	United States home front during World War II ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
partOf	World War II economic mobilization ⓘ surface form: 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)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

War Production Board → replacedBy → Civilian Production Administration ⓘ

Office of Civilian Defense → replacedBy → Civilian Production Administration ⓘ

Office of War Mobilization → replacedBy → Civilian Production Administration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion