Harry Truman: “There is hereby created an agency which shall be known as the Defense…”

On the recordJanuary 2, 1951

There is hereby created an agency which shall be known as the Defense Production Administration.

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Democratic · Missouri

Source

Executive Order 10200—Establishing the Defense Production Administration

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Harry Truman: “There is hereby created an agency which shall be known as the Defense Production Administration.”