Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films, ca. 1914 - ca. 1944. WASHINGTON, D.C. [WAR RESOURCES BOARD].

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films, ca. 1914 - ca. 1944. WASHINGTON, D.C. [WAR RESOURCES BOARD].

1914-1944

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The board, including Gen. Marshall, Adm. Stark, and George C. Pratt, meets in a Washington office for the first time in August, 1939. Chairman Louis Johnson explains that the purpose of the WRB is to mobilize war materiel in case of emergency.

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Johnson, Louis Arthur, 1891-1966

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Louis Arthur Johnson (January 10, 1891 – April 24, 1966) was an American politician and attorney who served as the second United States Secretary of Defense from 1949 to 1950. He was the Assistant Secretary of War from 1937 to 1940 and the 15th national commander of the American Legion from 1932 to 1933. Born in Roanoke, Virginia, Johnson earned a law degree from the University of Virginia. After graduation he practiced law in Clarksburg, West Virginia; his firm, Steptoe and Johnson, eventual...