War Production Board
Americannoun
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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
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
Mrs. Cranford was born Martha Shull in Trilla, Ill., and came to Washington during World War II as a secretary at the War Production Board.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2016
In February 1944, the federal War Production Board reported that 134,000 women were employed in New York City’s 341 major war plants, nearly 28 percent of the workforce.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2010
"The American war-production job was probably the greatest collective achievement of all time," said Donald Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board from 1942 to 1944.
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