Abstract

The function of NSRB is to plan for emergency as well as to constitute an organization which can be rapidly expanded in such an event . . . Its efforts may well form an ounce of prevention THE National Security Act of 1947 was based on the old premise that if you prepare for the worst, you can hope for the best. This act was the first legislative attempt in the history of this country to give the United States a comprehensive program of security. In brief, the act provides for three coordinate agencies on an equal level: the National Military establishment headed by the Secretary of Defense, established for the unification of the armed services; the National Security Council, composed of the President as chairman, the Secretaries of State, Defense, Army, Navy, and Air Force, and the chairman of the National Security Resources Board, designed to keep abreast of events ...

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