War Production Board
Americannoun
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At the time, Mr. Biden pledged that as president he would form a pandemic testing board — a play on Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s War Production Board — and vastly increase testing.
From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2021
The War Production Board had paid for much of the manufacturing facilities needed, and the Defense Procurement Board promised participating companies a market for the finished product.
From Slate • Jul. 20, 2020
In July 1943, the War Production Board made plans for widespread distribution of penicillin stocks to Allied troops fighting in Europe.
From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2020
Among them were the War Production Board, the Office of War Mobilization, the Office of Price of Administration and the War Food Administration, just to name a handful.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2020
As far back as last fall the War Production Board solemnly warned that tin was so scarce that the U.S. might run out completely in 1946.
From Time Magazine Archive
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