Executive Order 10169—Establishing the National Advisory Committee on Mobilization Policy
WHEREAS the National Security Resources Board, created by the National Security Act of 1947, is responsible for advising the President on the coordination of military, industrial and civilian mobilization; and
WHEREAS the problems of military, industrial and civilian mobilization concern all of the people of the United States and merit the consideration of citizens from all areas of our economic structure:
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States it is ordered as follows:
1. There is hereby established the National Advisory Committee on Mobilization Policy to consult with and advise the National Security Resources Board on national mobilization policy.
2. The membership of the National Advisory Committee on Mobilization Policy shall be appointed by the Chairman of the National Security Resources Board and shall include persons whose experience and ability equip them to represent business, labor, agriculture, and the public as a whole.
3. All executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government are requested to cooperate with the Committee and to furnish it such available information as it may required for the performance of its duties.
4. The national Security Resources Board shall defray necessary expenses of the Committee, including the compensation of the members thereof, within limits of applicable law.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
THE WHITE HOUSE,
October 11, 1950
Harry S Truman, Executive Order 10169—Establishing the National Advisory Committee on Mobilization Policy Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/279034