Office of Economic Stabilization
Price and wage controls body in the WWII-era White House
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The Office of Economic Stabilization was established within the United States Office for Emergency Management on October 3, 1942, pursuant to the Stabilization Act of 1942, as a means to control inflation during World War II through regulations on price, wage, and salary increases.[1]
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| Formed | October 3, 1942 |
Directors of Economic Stabilization
| Image | Name | Start | End | President | |
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James F. Byrnes | October 3, 1942 | May 27, 1943 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1945) | |
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Fred M. Vinson | May 28, 1943 | July 23, 1945 | ||
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William Hammatt Davis | 1945 | 1946 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1945) | |
| Harry S. Truman (1945–1953) | |||||
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