Acronyms and Abbreviations

Acronyms and Abbreviations
 AAA Agricultural Adjustment Administration
 ACC Allied Control Council
 ACLU American Civil Liberties Union
 ADA Americans for Democratic Action
 AEC Atomic Energy Commission
 AFBF American Farm Bureau Federation
 AFC America First Committee
 AFL American Federation of Labor
 AFL-CIO American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
 ALP American Labor Party
 AMA American Medical Association
 ANZUS Australia-New Zealand-United States Alliance
 BSCP Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
 CAA Civil Aeronautics Authority
 CBS Columbia Broadcasting System
 CCC Civilian Conservation Corps
 CEEC Committee for European Economic Cooperation
 CENTO Central Treaty Organization
 CIA Central Intelligence Agency
 CIO Congress of Industrial Organizations
 COINTELPRO Counter Intelligence Program
 COMECON Committee for Mutual Economic Assistance
 COMINFORM Communist Information Bureau
 CORE Congress of Racial Equality
 CPA Civilian Production Administration
 CPUSA Communist Party of the United States of America
 CWA Civil Works Administration
 DAR Daughters of the American Revolution
 ECA Economic Cooperation Administration
 EEC European Economic Community
 ERP European Recovery Program
 FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
 FCA Farm Credit Administration
 FCC Federal Communications Commission
 FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
 FEPC Fair Employment Practices Committee
 FERA Federal Emergency Relief Administration
 FHA Federal Housing Administration
 FPHA Federal Public Housing Authority
 FRB Federal Reserve Board
 FRG Federal Republic of Germany
 FSA Farm Security Administration
 FWA Federal Works Agency
 GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
 GDR German Democratic Republic
 GNP gross national product
 HOLC Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
 HUAC House Un-American Activities Committee
 ILGWU International Ladies Garment Workers Union
 IMF International Monetary Fund
 IWW Industrial Workers of the World
 MOWM March on Washington Movement
 NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
 NAM National Association of Manufacturers
 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Agency
 NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
 NBC National Broadcasting Corporation
 NDAC National Defense Advisory Commission
 NFU National Farmers’ Union
 NHA National Housing Agency
 NIRA National Industrial Recovery Act
 NLB National Labor Board
 NLRB National Labor Relations Board
 NNC National Negro Congress
 NRA National Recovery Administration
 NRPB National Resources Planning Board
 NSC National Security Council
 NSC-68 National Security Council Report 68
 NWLB National War Labor Board
 NYA National Youth Administration
 OAS Organization of American States
 OCD Office of Civilian Defense
 OES Office of Economic Stabilization
 OFF Office of Facts and Figures
 OPA Office of Price Administration
 OPM Office of Production Management
 OPS Office of Price Stabilization
 OSRD Office of Scientific Research and Development
 OSS Office of Strategic Services
 OWI Office of War Information
 OWM Office of War Mobilization
 PAC Political Action Committee
 PHA Public Housing Administration
 PWA Public Works Administration
 RA Resettlement Administration
 RAF Royal Air Force
 REA Rural Electrification Administration
 RFC Reconstruction Finance Corporation
 SALT Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
 SCLC Southern Christian Leadership Conference
 SDF Social Democratic Federation
 SEATO Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
 SEC Securities and Exchange Commission
 SHAEF Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Force
 SHAPE Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
 SLP Socialist Labor Party
 SNCC Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
 SPA Socialist Party of America
 START Strategic Arms Reduction Talks
 STFU Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union
 SWOC Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
 TVA Tennessee Valley Authority
 UAW United Automobile Workers
 UMW United Mine Workers
 UMWA United Mine Workers of America
 UN United Nations
 UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
 UNRRA United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
 USES United States Employment Service
 USHA United States Housing Authority
 USO United Service Organizations
 USSR Union of Socialist Soviet Republics (Soviet Union)
 USWA United Steel Workers of America
 V-E Victory Europe
 V-J Victory Japan
 WACS Women’s Army Corps
 WASPS Women’s Air Force Service Pilots
 WAVES Women Appointed for Voluntary Emergency Service
 WFB War Food Administration
 WIS Women in Industry Service
 WLB War Labor Board
 WMC War Manpower Commission
 WPA Works Progress Administration
 WPB War Production Board
 WRA War Relocation Authority
 WRB War Refugee Board
 WSA War Shipping Administration
 WSB Wage Stabilization Board
 YMCA Young Men’s Christian Association
 YWCA Young Women’s Christian Association

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