Research Catalog

Title

Volunteers in OPA / by Imogene H. Putnam.

Author

Putnam, Imogene H.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Office of Temporary Controls, Office of Price Administration, [1947]

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Details

Additional Authors

United States. Office of Temporary Controls.

Description

ix, 166 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

Deals with one of the largest and longest sustained examples of the recruitment and use of volunteers in the aid of their government during an emergency. This account not only reviews the extent of volunteer accomplishments, but also analyzes the administrative problems and points the practical lessons learned in the course of the experience.

Series Statement

Historical reports on war administration. General publication / Office of Price Administration, Office of Temporary Controls ; no. 14

Uniform Title

Historical reports on war administration, Office of Price Administration. General publication ; no. 14.

Alternative Title

• Volunteers in O.P.A.
• Volunteers in Office of Price Administration.

Subject

• United States. Office of Price Administration
• Volunteer workers in government > United States
• Price regulation > United States
• Price regulation
• Volunteer workers in government
• United States

Genre/Form

Government publications

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Ch. 1. The groundwork -- ch. 2. The rationing boards -- ch. 3. Price impasse -- ch. 4. Field experiments, 1942 -- ch. 5. Volunteers for price control -- ch. 6. Neighborly persuasion -- ch. 7. Chester Bowles gives a lift -- ch. 8. Price panel assistants -- ch. 9. Shifts in emphasis -- ch. 10. The organized volunteer program -- ch. 11. Volunteers, 1946 -- Conclusions -- Appendix.

LCCN

47046479

OCLC

• ocm22126420
• 22126420
• SCSB-681582

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library