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The War Production Board (WPB) was established as a government agency on January 16, 1942 by executive order of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The purpose of the board was to regulate the production and allocation of materials and fuel during World War II in the United States. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It rationed such things as gasoline, heating oil, metals, rubber, and plastics. It was dissolved shortly after the defeat of Japan in 1945.

The first chairman of the Board was Donald M. Nelson from 1942 to 1944 followed by Julius A. Krug from 1944 until the Board was dissolved. Donald Marr Nelson (1888-1959 was the executive vice president of Sears Roebuck before accepting the position of director of priorities of the United States Office Julius Albert Krug ( November 23, 1907 &ndash March 26, 1970) was a U

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Effects

The WPB, along with other wartime committees which regulated spending and production, helped to reduce the potential for economic catastrophe after the close of World War II.

In 1943, the WPB hired Harvard Business School Professor Thomas North Whitehead to tour the nation and find out how Americans were reacting to rationing and controls. Harvard Business School ( HBS) is a renowned Business school in the United States Whitehead reported that "the good temper and common sense of most people under restrictions and vexations was really impressive. . . My own observation is that most people are behaving like patriotic, loyal citizens. "

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Soviet penetration

Soviet intelligence penetrated the War Production Board, including several members of the Perlo group and its head Victor Perlo. William Beverly Murphy ( June 19 1907 &ndash May 29 1994) was a U Campbell Soup Company ( (also known as Campbell's) is a well-known American producer of Canned soups and related products The State Political Directorate was the Secret police of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ( RSFSR) and the Soviet Union from 1922 until Headed by Victor Perlo, the Perlo group is the name given to a group of Americans who provided information which was given to Soviet Intelligence The Moynihan Commission on Government Secrecy in 1995 referred to this as a serious attack on American security by the Soviet Union, with considerable assistance from an enemy within. Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy, also called the Moynihan Secrecy Commission, was a Bipartisan Statutory commission in the National security is the entire scope of measures undertaken by the Governments of Nation-states in providing assurance of national Sovereignty The head of the Silvermaster group, Nathan Gregory Silvermaster also penetrated the agency. Nathan Gregory Silvermaster ( November 27, 1898 &ndash October 7, 1964) an Economist with the United States Nathan Gregory Silvermaster ( November 27, 1898 &ndash October 7, 1964) an Economist with the United States The following list are American citizens who were engaged in espionage activities on behalf of the Soviet Union while working for the War Production Board. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Its code name as deciphered in the Venona project is the "Depot". The Venona project was a long-running and highly secret collaboration between Intelligence agencies of the United States and United Kingdom that involved

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For others see Harold Glasser (disambiguation Harold Glasser ( November 24, 1905 - ? was an economist in Henry Samuel Magdoff ( August 21, 1913 – January 1, 2006) was a prominent American socialist commentator Victor Perlo ( May 15, 1912 &ndash December 1, 1999) was a Marxist Economist and a longtime member of the national committee William Walter Remington ( October 25, 1917 &ndash November 24, 1954) was an Economist employed in various federal government Nathan Gregory Silvermaster ( November 27, 1898 &ndash October 7, 1964) an Economist with the United States The Office of Administrator of Export Control was established in the United States by Presidential Proclamation 2413 July 2 1940, to administer export licensing provisions of In 1918 President Woodrow Wilson created the National War Labor Board ( NWLB) which was an agency composed of representatives from business and labor The War Manpower Commission was a World War II agency of the United States Government charged with planning to balance the labor needs of agriculture industry The Office of Price Administration ( OPA) was established within the Office for Emergency Management of the United States Government by Executive Order Office of War Mobilization (OWM- Federal agency headed by Former Supreme Court Justice James F The FBI’s Silvermaster file is a 162-volume compendium of some 26000 pages of documents relating to the Bureau’s investigation of Communist penetration of the Federal government during
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