Council of National Defense

Council of National Defense
Agency overview
Formed	August 24, 1916
Preceding agencies	misc agencies including Medical Reserve Corps (WWI); 1919 receiver for Committee for Public Information;
Dissolved	1921 (suspended) ; Briefly revived for WWII to hold agencies such as National Defense Research Committee (WWII)
Superseding agencies	similar later agencies: Office for Emergency Management (WWII); Office of Price Administration (WWII); National Defense Research Committee (WWII);
Jurisdiction	United States Government
Headquarters	Washington, D.C.
Agency executives	ex-officio secretaries of War, Navy, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and Labor, Executive Committee; Advisory Board including Samuel Gompers, Howard E. Coffin, Bernard Baruch, Hollis Godfrey, Julius Rosenwald;
Parent agency	Executive Office of the President
Child agencies	Medical Officers' Reserve Corps; related agencies: individual states' Councils of National Defense, Women's Committees of National Defense, segregated state committees in southern states;

The Council of National Defense was a United States organization formed during World War I to coordinate resources and industry in support of the war effort, including the coordination of transportation, industrial and farm production, financial support for the war, and public morale.

It was briefly revived for World War II^[2] to hold agencies such as National Defense Research Committee.

^ Herman, Arthur. Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II, pp. 127, 137-9, Random House, New York, NY, 2012. ISBN 978-1-4000-6964-4.
^ "Records of the Council of National Defense". National Archives. August 15, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2016.

[forge-1] Herman, Arthur. Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II, pp. 127, 137-9, Random House, New York, NY, 2012. ISBN 978-1-4000-6964-4.

[2] "Records of the Council of National Defense". National Archives. August 15, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2016.

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Agency overview

Formed	August 24, 1916 (1916-08-24)
Preceding agencies	misc agencies including Medical Reserve Corps (WWI) 1919 receiver for Committee for Public Information
Dissolved	1921 (suspended) Briefly revived for WWII to hold agencies such as National Defense Research Committee (WWII)
Superseding agencies	similar later agencies: Office for Emergency Management (WWII) Office of Price Administration (WWII)^[1] National Defense Research Committee (WWII)
Jurisdiction	United States Government
Headquarters	Washington, D.C.
Agency executives	ex-officio secretaries of War, Navy, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and Labor, Executive Committee Advisory Board including Samuel Gompers, Howard E. Coffin, Bernard Baruch, Hollis Godfrey, Julius Rosenwald
Parent agency	Executive Office of the President
Child agencies	Medical Officers' Reserve Corps related agencies: individual states' Councils of National Defense, Women's Committees of National Defense, segregated state committees in southern states