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The National Security Resources Board was a United States government agency created by the National Security Act of 1947 whose purpose was to advise the President, in times of war, on how to mobilize natural resources, manpower, and the scientific establishment to meet the demands of the Department of Defense. [1]
A Cross of Iron: Harry S. Truman and the Origins of the National Security State, 1945-1954. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-521-64044-X "Industry Control Will Be Extended." United Press International. August 8, 1951. Kaufman, Burton I. The Korean War: Challenges in Crisis, Credibility, and Command. 1st ed. New York: McGraw ...
[6] [7] National security directives 1 operate like executive orders, but are only in the area of national security. They have been issued by different presidents under various names. [8] Listed below are executive orders numbered 10432–10913 signed by United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–1961). He issued 484 executive orders. [9]
Elizabeth Goitein, senior director for liberty and national security at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University, said the declaration of a national emergency at the border unlocks ...
Defense Production Act; Long title: An Act to establish a system of priorities and allocations for materials and facilities, authorize the requisitioning thereof, provide financial assistance for expansion of productive capacity and supply, provide for price and wage stabilization, provide for the settlement of labor disputes, strengthen controls over credit, and by these measures facilitate ...
With the end of World War II, the Joint Chiefs of Staff was officially established under the National Security Act of 1947. Per the National Security Act, the JCS consisted of a chairman, the chief of staff of the Army, the chief of staff of the Air Force (which was established as a separate service by the same Act), and the chief of naval ...
The National Defense Act of 1920 also required the Army to conduct studies and planning for wartime mobilization, rather than waiting for war to be declared to begin planning. This shift to contingency planning and a long-range outlook led to decentralization of the contracting and procurement process, and increased coordination between ...
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