The National Security Resources Board was a United States government agency created by the National Security Act of 1947 whose purpose was to advise the President, in times of war, on how to mobilize natural resources, manpower, and the scientific establishment to meet the demands of the Department of Defense.
[1] Ultimately, the goal was to do long-range and continuous planning to prepare the United States for adequate industrial and economic mobilization.
All power was vested in the chairman alone, and the board was moved to be part of the Department of Defense.
Its role was later eliminated when its responsibilities were transferred to the Office of Defense Mobilization in June 1953.
The organization had the following statutory duties: The board was composed of eight members, one of whom served as its chairman.