White House Press Release, Executive Order Number 9905

430 #1387 IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 13, 1947 The President today issued an Exocutive Order appointing six mombers to the National Security Resources Board. The Board will hold its first moeting in the White House today to discuss with the Prosident the work of the Board. Board membors appointed wore: The Secretary of the Treasury The Secretary of Defense The Secretary of the Interior The Secretary of Agriculture TRUMAN NARA The Secretary of Commorce The Secretary of Labor The Chairman of the Board is Arthur M. Hill of Charleston, West Virginia, who was nominated to this post on August 29, 1947, and took office Soptember 26, 1947. Tho National Security Resources Board was created by the National Security Act of 1947. It is a permanont civilian agency of the United States Govornment and reports directly to the Prosident, As outlined by the Act, the function of the Board is to advise the President concerning the coordination of military, industrial and civilian mobilization, including: Policies concerning industrial and civilian mobilization in order to assure the most effectivo mobilization and maximum utilization of the Nation's manpower in the event of war. Programs for the effective use in time of war of the Nation's natural and industrial resources for military and civilian neods, for the maintenance and stabilization of the civilian economy in timo of war, and for the adjustment of such oconomy to war needs and conditions. Policies for unifying, in timo of war, the activities of Federal agencies and departments engaged in or concerned with pro- duction, procurement, distribution, or transportation of military or civilian supplies, matorials, and products. Tho rolationship between potential supplies of, and potential requirements for, manpower, resources, and productive facilitics in time of war. Policies for establishing adequate reserves of strategic and critical material, and for the conservation of these reserves. The stratogic relocation of industries, services, government, and economic activities, the continuous operation of which is essential to the Nation's security.