National Resources Board of 1934 explained

National Resources Board of 1934 or National Resources Planning Board was established by Franklin Roosevelt on June 30, 1934. President Roosevelt created the federal government committee by the authority of the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 by issuance of Executive Order 6777.^{[1] [2]}

National Resources Board Purposes

The national board was entrusted as an advisory committee for natural resources information. The National Resources Committee published analysis and land-use planning reports from 1934 to 1943.^[3]

The Executive Order charged the advisory board with several proposed objectives.

• Designated Advisory Committee

Frederic Adrian Delano

Charles Edward Merriam

Wesley Clair Mitchell

Additional members may be added by order of the U.S. President

Technical committee is prohibited from a fixed membership or tenure of office as selected by the Board

• Program and plan of procedure analyzing the physical, social, governmental, and economic aspects of public policies for the development and use of land, water, and other national resources
• Board to provide a report on land and water use on or before December 1, 1934^{[4] [5]}
• Program and plan shall include the coordination of projects of Federal, State, and local governments.
• Program and plan shall include the proper division of responsibility and the fair division of cost among governmental authorities

Abolishment of Associated Authorities

In pursuant of Executive Order 6777, the national resources board abolished relative federal government authorities.

• National Planning Board of Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works^[6]
• Committee on National Land Problems created by Executive Order No. 6695 on April 28, 1934^[7]

See also

1936 North American cold wave

1936 North American heat wave

Dust Bowl

Harold L. Ickes

Natural Resources Conservation Service

Rural economics

Soil conservation

Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936

External links

• Book: Wooten, Hugh Hill . 1965 . [{{google books|D7mMugEACAAJ|plainurl=y}} The Land Utilization Program, 1934 to 1964: Origin, Development, and Present Status ]. Agricultural Economic Report No. 85 . Washington, D.C. . U.S. Government Printing Office . 10892495.
• Web site: National Grasslands Management: A Primer . Appendix C: The Land Utilization Program 1934 to 1964 – Origin, Development, and Present Status . U.S. Forest Service ~ U.S. Department of Agriculture . Washington, D.C. . U.S. Government Printing Office.
• Web site: Proceedings of the National Conference on Land Utilization, Chicago, Ill., November 19-21, 1931 . National Conference on Land Utilization . May 1932 . Internet Archive . Washington, D.C. . U.S. Government Printing Office.
• Book: Murphy, Philip G.. The Drought of 1934 . A Report of The Federal Government's Assistance to Agriculture . July 15, 1935 . U.S. Drought Coordinating Committee / Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research (FRASER) . PDF.
• Book: Areas of Intense Drought Distress, 1930–1936 . Cronin, Francis D . Beers, Howard W . Research Bulletin . January 1937 . U.S. Works Progress Administration / Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research (FRASER) . PDF . Research Bulletin (United States. Works Progress Administration. Division of Social Research).
• Web site: Action Program Designed to Bring About Basic Adjustments in the Use and Treatment of the Land . U.S. Soil Conservation Service . 1939 . Internet Archive . Washington, D.C. . U.S. Government Printing Office.
• Web site: Land Utilization Program: Project Location Maps . U.S. Soil Conservation Service . 1939 . Internet Archive . Washington, D.C. . U.S. Government Printing Office.
• Web site: Land Facts . U.S. Soil Conservation Service . November 1953 . Internet Archive . Washington, D.C. . U.S. Government Printing Office.
• Web site: Dust Bowl . Wilhite . Donald A. . Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture . Oklahoma Historical Society.
• Web site: Dust Bowl . Worster . Donald . Handbook of Texas Online . . 12 June 2010.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Executive Order No. 6777: The National Resources Board Is Established - June 30, 1934 . Roosevelt . Franklin D. . June 30, 1934 . Internet Archive . Washington, D.C. . National Archives and Records Service . 335–336.
2. Web site: White House Statement on the Establishment of the National Resources Board - July 3, 1934 . Roosevelt . Franklin D. . July 3, 1934 . Internet Archive . Washington, D.C. . National Archives and Records Service . 336–338.
3. Web site: Publications of the National Resources Planning Board, 1934-1943 . HathiTrust Digital Library . Washington, D.C. . U.S. Government Printing Office.
4. Web site: National Resources Board: A Report on National Planning and Public Works in Relation to Natural Resources and Including Land Use and Water Resources with Finding and Recommendations . National Resources Board . December 1, 1934 . Internet Archive . Washington, D.C. . U.S. Government Printing Office.
5. Web site: National Planning Board: Final report--1933-34 . National Resources Board . 1934 . Internet Archive . Washington, D.C. . U.S. Government Printing Office.
6. Web site: Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works Appropriations Act of 1938 ~ P.L. 75-690 . June 21, 1938 . 52 Stat. 834 ~ Senate Bill 2739 . Legis★Works . May 2, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151018155244/http://legisworks.org/congress/75/publaw-690.pdf . October 18, 2015 . dead .
7. Web site: ROOSEVELT FORMS PLANNING BOARD; Committee of Three Created to Advise the President on National Land Problems . April 30, 1934 . The New York Times.