Minutes, June 12, 1940, to October 22, 1941
Author : United States. National Defense Advisory Commission
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Page : 200 pages
File Size : 23,93 MB
Release : 1946
Category : Industries
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Author : United States. National Defense Advisory Commission
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Page : 200 pages
File Size : 23,93 MB
Release : 1946
Category : Industries
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Author : United States. Council of National Defence. Advisory Commission
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Page : 181 pages
File Size : 33,33 MB
Release : 1946
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Author : United States. National Defense Advisory Commission
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Page : 196 pages
File Size : 45,89 MB
Release : 1946
Category : Industries
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Author : Mordecai Lee
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 14,97 MB
Release : 2012-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 0807145319
Though historians have largely overlooked Robert Horton, his public relations campaigns remain fixed in popular memory of the home front during World War II. Utilizing all media -- including the nascent technology of television -- to rally civilian support, Horton's work ranged from educational documentary shorts like Pots to Planes, which depicted the transformation of aluminum household items into aircraft, to posters employing scare tactics, such as a German soldier with large eyes staring forward with the tagline "He's Watching You." Iconic and calculated, Horton's campaigns raise important questions about the role of public relations in government agencies. When are promotional campaigns acceptable? Does war necessitate persuasive communication? What separates information from propaganda? Promoting the War Effort traces the career of Horton -- the first book-length study to do so -- and delves into the controversies surrounding federal public relations. A former reporter, Horton headed the public relations department for the U.S. Maritime Commission from 1938 to 1940. Then -- until Pearl Harbor in December 1941 -- he directed the Division of Information (DOI) in the Executive Office of the President, where he played key roles in promoting the New Deal, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's unprecedented third-term reelection campaign, and the prewar arms-production effort. After Pearl Harbor, Horton's DOI encouraged support for the war, primarily focusing on raising civilian and workforce morale. But the DOI under Horton assumed a different wartime tone than its World War I predecessor, the Committee on Public Information. Rather than whipping up prowar hysteria, Horton focused on developing campaigns for more practical purposes, such as conservation and production. In mid-1942, Roosevelt merged the Division and several other agencies into the Office of War Information. Horton stayed in government, working as the PR director for several agencies. He retired in mid-1946, during the postwar demobilization. Promoting the War Effort recovers this influential figure in American politics and contributes to the ongoing public debate about government public relations during a time when questions about how facts are disseminated -- and spun -- are of greater relevance than ever before.
Author : United States. Bureau of the Budget
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Page : 62 pages
File Size : 43,78 MB
Release : 1947
Category : Executive departments
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Author : United States. National Historical Publications Commission
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Page : 120 pages
File Size : 41,89 MB
Release : 1951
Category : United States
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Author : United States. National Archives and Records Service
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Page : 40 pages
File Size : 46,10 MB
Release : 1955
Category : World War, 1939-1945
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Author : National Archives (U.S.).
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Page : 40 pages
File Size : 14,94 MB
Release : 1955
Category : World War, 1939-1945
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Author : Mordecai Lee
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 33,16 MB
Release : 2018-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1438471378
"Shortly after Hitler's armies invaded Western Europe in May 1940, President Franklin Roosevelt activated a new agency within the Executive Office of the President called the Office for Emergency Management (OEM). The OEM went on to house many prewar and wartime agencies created to manage the country's arms production build-up and economic mobilization. After WWII a consensus by historians quickly gelled that OEM was unimportant, viewing it as a mere administrative holding company and legalistic convenience for the emergency agencies. Similarly they have dismissed the importance of the Liaison Officer for Emergency Management (LOEM), viewing the position as merely a liaison channel between OEM agencies and the White House. In FDR, Wayne Coy, and the Office for Emergency Management, 1941-1943 author Mordecai Lee presents a revisionist history of OEM, focusing mostly on the record of the longest serving LOEM, Wayne Coy. Drawing upon largely unexamined archival sources, including the Roosevelt and Truman Presidential Libraries and the National Archives, Lee gives a precise account of what Coy actually did and, contrary to the conventional wisdom, concludes he was an important senior leader in the Roosevelt White House, engaging in management, policy, and politics."--Provided by publisher.
Author : Temporary Controls Office
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Page : 1040 pages
File Size : 17,67 MB
Release : 1947
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