URL: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/821 Collection Structure Commonwealth Club of California records > Sound recordings of club programs > National Security Plans Item Title National Security Plans Collection Title Commonwealth Club of California records Speaker Grether, Ewald Theophilus (1899-) Date Created February 18, 1949 Description Grether discusses the purpose of the National Security Resources Board (NSRB). He states that the major problem before the board in the near future will be to decide how to proceed most effectively in peacetime planning for a possible mobilization day.He argues that if war came in the near future, conditions would require a radically different approach from that of 1939-42. He declares that the critical zone in in the expansion of military and security expenditures is where it is necessary to address the return of comprehensive economic controls over the economy. Subject(s) United States United States. National Security Resources Board National security Language(s) English Country of Origin United States Place Recorded San Francisco, California, United States Format Sound Recording Medium speeches (documents) Hoover ID Program 19490218 Record Number 2003C87.75 Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3g5032c1 Rights Used with permission of the Commonwealth Club of California.This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the copyright owner.