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The following members and alternates attended the first meeting of the War Production Board, held January 20, 1942, in the conference room of the new Social Security Building. Seated, left to right: Leon Henderson, director, Civilian Supply Division; James Forrestal, under-ecretary of the Navy; Jesse Jones, Federal Loan Administrator; Frank Knox, Secretary of the Navy; Donald M. Nelson, chairman of War Production Board; Henry A. Wallace, chairman of the Board of Economic Welfare; Robert P. Patterson, under-Secretary of War (alternate for Secretary Stimson); William S. Knudsen, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army. John Lord O'Brian (standing, right), General Counsel of the Board and Herbert Emmerich (standing, left), executive secretary, were also present

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Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches).
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Film copy on SIS roll 30, frame 1309.

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