...section in full is as f oflows : SEC. 2. That a Council of National Defense is hereby established for the coordination of industries and resources for the national security and welfare, to consist of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary...

...first of the great war organizations.1 As stated in section 2 of the Act, the purpose of this body was "the coordination of industries and resources for the national security and welfare. ' ' The Council was composed of the Secretaries of "War, Navy, Inferior, Agriculture, Commerce, and...

...Defense was made In the Army Appropriation Bill approved on August 20, 1916. In order to provide for the "coordination of Industries and resources for the national security and welfare." The Board consists of the Secretary of War (Chairman), and the secretaries of Navy, Interior, Agriculture,...

...Appropriation Act of August 29, f<)if>, was a provision establishing a Council of NatJonal_]J£.fensg^"for the co-ordination of industries and resources for the national security and welfare." It was to consist of six_ cabinet officers who_wgre to nominate "an Adyisoj^Commission consisting of...

...August 29, 1916, composed of the Secretaries of War, Navy, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and Labor, charged with " the coordination of industries and resources for the national security and welfare." The act also provided for the creation of an Advisory Commission to the Council, to be composed of...

...composed of the Secretaries of War, Navy, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and Labor, charged \vith " the coordination of industries and resources for the national security and welfare." The act also provided for the creation of an Advisory Commission to the Council, to be composed of...

...THE COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE SEC. 2. That a Council of National Defense is hereby established for the coordination of industries and resources for the national security and welfare, to consist of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary...

...system, already in existence. This was the Council of National Defense, created in August, 1916, "for the coordination of industries and resources for the national security and welfare." Six members of the President's Cabinet composed this Council, but the actual work was done through...

...1916, but was not fully organized until March 3, 1917. Under the terms of the act, the council was among other things charged with the " coordination...welfare " and with the "creation of relations which render possible in time of need the immediate concentration and utilization of the resources of the...

...the following acknowledgment: 'The United States Council of National Defense charged by the Congress with the co-ordination of industries and resources...creation of relations which will render possible in time of need the im?mediate concentration and utilization of the resources of the Nation, hereby—Makes...