Office of Price Administration

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United States federal agency wartime economic control agency

The Office of Price Administration was a U.S. World War II-era federal agency responsible for controlling prices and rents and preventing wartime inflation through measures such as price ceilings and rationing.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Office of Price Administration canonical	8
Administrator of the Office of Price Administration	1
Office for Foreign Exchange and Price Control	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal agency ⓘ wartime economic control agency ⓘ
aimedTo	ensure equitable distribution of scarce goods ⓘ prevent runaway inflation during wartime mobilization ⓘ support the war effort on the home front ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
appliesToTimePeriod	United States home front during World War II ⓘ World War II ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolved	1947 ⓘ
foundedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
hasMainTask	administer rationing programs ⓘ allocate scarce civilian goods ⓘ combat black market activities ⓘ control prices ⓘ control rents ⓘ enforce price regulations ⓘ enforce rent controls ⓘ issue ration coupons ⓘ prevent wartime inflation ⓘ protect consumers during wartime ⓘ regulate distribution of essential commodities ⓘ set price ceilings ⓘ stabilize cost of living ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
implemented	rationing of coffee ⓘ rationing of fuel oil ⓘ rationing of gasoline ⓘ rationing of meat ⓘ rationing of processed foods ⓘ rationing of shoes ⓘ rationing of sugar ⓘ rationing of tires ⓘ
inception	1941 ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
legalBasis	Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia ⓘ
notableChairperson	Chester Bowles ⓘ Leon Henderson ⓘ Prentiss M. Brown ⓘ
operatedDuringPresidencyOf	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman
parentOrganization	Office for Emergency Management ⓘ surface form: United States Office for Emergency Management
partOf	Executive branch of the United States government ⓘ
regulated	prices of automobiles ⓘ prices of clothing ⓘ prices of consumer goods ⓘ prices of food ⓘ prices of gasoline ⓘ prices of household appliances ⓘ prices of tires ⓘ rents for residential housing ⓘ
replacedBy	Office of Temporary Controls ⓘ various successor agencies in postwar period ⓘ
significantEvent	establishment of nationwide price ceilings during World War II ⓘ introduction of ration books for U.S. civilians ⓘ postwar political controversy over continuation of price controls ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Office for Emergency Management → hasPart → Office of Price Administration ⓘ

War Manpower Commission → cooperatedWith → Office of Price Administration ⓘ

Office of the Four Year Plan → hasPart → Office of Price Administration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office for Foreign Exchange and Price Control

OEM → oversaw → Office of Price Administration ⓘ

subject surface form: Office for Emergency Management

Office of War Mobilization → coordinatedWith → Office of Price Administration ⓘ

United States home front during World War II → involvedAgency → Office of Price Administration ⓘ

Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 → created → Office of Price Administration ⓘ

Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 → empowered → Office of Price Administration ⓘ

Prentiss M. Brown → positionHeld → Office of Price Administration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Administrator of the Office of Price Administration

Supreme Court case Yakus v. United States → involvedAgency → Office of Price Administration ⓘ

subject surface form: Yakus v. United States