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The War production Board (WPB)- The purpose of the board was to regulate the production and allocation of materials and fuel during World War 2 in the United States. The WPB converted and expanded peacetime industries to meet war needs, allocated scarce materials vital to war production, established priorities in the distribution of materials and services, and prohibited nonessential production. It rationed such things as gasoline, heating oil, metals, rubber, paper and plastics. It was dissolved shortly after the defeat of Japan and was replaced by the Civilian Production Administration in late 1945.