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Index

All material in this volume is included in the following detailed index, with the exception of the statistical appendix which has its own index on pp. 577–80. The contents of the charts are covered in the detailed index, and each chart has its own table correspondingly numbered in the statistical appendix.

• Absenteeism, 97, 156, 157, 175, 451, 452

• Admiralty, British, 169

• Aerial topdressing, 558, 575

• Aerodrome Construction Squadron (No. 2), 239

• Aerodromes, 223, 235, 239, 245

• Agar, 453

• Age structure of population and labour force, 542

• Agriculture: British, 183; Minister of, 203, 554

• Agriculture, Department of, 184, 205, 212, 462, 524, 559

• Aircraft: manufacture, 149; surplus, 520

• Airfields. See Aerodromes

• Air Force stations, 231

• Air raid shelters, 229, 237

• Air services, 415, 567

• ‘Allied Committee’, 125

• Allocation Committee for Sterling Funds, 109

• Aluminium: smelting, 569, 571; supplies, 134

• American Forces. See United States of America

• Ammunition, 136, 149, 159, 523

• Annual Holidays Act 1944, 457, 500

• Anti-aircraft defences, 233

• Antimony, 134

• Apples and pears: exports, 66; internal marketing, 461; production, 216

• Apprenticeship, 506

• Aramoana, m.v., 567

• Arapuni power station, 432, 565

• Armed forces: home and overseas, 71, 73; men, 70, 71; mobilisation, 81; recruitment, 191; women, 72

• Armed Forces Appeal Board, 102, 154, 158, 440

• Armstrong, Hon. H. T., 5, 350, 429, 432

• Army, in the Pacific. See NZEF (2nd), 3 NZ Division

• Asbestos fibre, 109, 112, 116

• Ashwin, Sir B., 300

• Assisted employment. See Unemployment

• Associated Chambers of Commerce, 548

• Australia: coal, 409; fish, 404; petrol rationing, 417; retail prices, 340; supplies from 120; trade, 558; wool, 525

• Backlogs: building and construction, 532; capital goods and consumer durables, 540; construction, 562–5

• Mentioned, 390

• Bags and sacks, 110

• Baker, F., 510

• Balance of payments, 366, 459, 570

• Balloting, 103

• Bank advances, 26, 535, 536, 546, 547

• Banking system, Government indebtedness, 268

• Barclay, Hon. J. G., 473

• Barrowclough, Maj-Gen Sir H., 492

• Basic slag, 195

• Beef, 205, 206, 558, 559. See also Boned out

• Beer, duty, 263

• Belshaw, Horace, 527, 548

• Beverage industries, 153

• Bicycles, 465

• Birth rates, 443, 444, 445, 541

• Bismarck Sea, Battle of, 499

• Black marketing, 284, 472, 473

• Blankets, 161

• Blind Servicemen's Trust Board, 512

• Boned out, 186, 187, 205

• Boot and shoe factories, 164–6

• Borrowing: in New Zealand, 260, 264–70; overseas, 276, 554

• Brass, 134

• Bren-gun carriers, 148, 149

• Bretton Woods Conference, 548

• Bricks, 221

• Britain, gifts to, 526

• British Ministry of War Transport, 372, 391, 400

• British Purchasing Commission, 132

• Bronze, 119

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• Budget: deficits, 252; 1958, 550

• Building: materials, 222, 248; operations, 343; permits, 225, 226, 243; private, 240, 242, 243

• Building and construction industry, 240, 242, 494, 495, 496; labour force, 564

• Building Committees, 244

• Building Construction Control Notices, 241, 563

• Building Control Emergency Regulations, 563

• Building Controller, 56, 130, 131, 225, 226, 241, 250, 563

• Buildings, surplus, 523

• Bulk fuel stores, 233, 234, 235

• Bulk ordering, 125

• Bulk purchasing: contracts, 41, 183, 184, 204, 368, 378, 524; prices, 213, 331, 379, 380, 381

• Bureau of Industry, 20

• Bureau system, waterside, 396

• Bursaries, 542

• Business loans, 516

• Butter: British needs, 490; diversion to cheese, 199; exportable surplus, 525; factories, 200, 496; local market subsidies, 325; production and exports, 182, 186, 202, 489; rationing, 204, 469, 499, 535

• Butterfat: declining production, 209; prices, 326; production, 219; production in 1944–45, 198; production per cow, 191

• Calico, 116

• Canada, 270, 340

• Canadian Mutual Aid, 142, 144, 260, 388, 389, 521

• Canneries, 447

• Canning: factories, 218, 249; meat, 186, 187, 205, 206

• Capital, flight of, 26, 37

• Capitalisation of family benefits, 545

• Cardboard, 110, 571

• Carpenters, 171

• Casualties, 445, 540–1

• Category ‘A’ men, 440

• Cattle, slaughtering, 206

• Cement, 221, 241, 248

• Central Advisory Labour Council, 35

• Chancellor of the Exchequer, 383

• Cheese: diversion from butter, 199; exportable surplus, 525; factories, 201, 489, 496; production and exports, 182; rationing, 470; UK ration, 491

• Chiefs of Staff, 249

• Chiefs of Staff Committee, 31, 52, 484

• Churchill, Sir W., 373, 475, 484, 485, 489

• Cigarettes. See Tobacco

• Civil aviation, 567

• Civil Construction Unit, 239

• Civil defence works, 230

• Clarendon, 196, 203

• Clarke, R. C., 194

• Clothing: chart, 166; industry, 161; numbers engaged, 164; rationing, 467; rationing abolished, 535, 574

• Coachbuilding, 171

• Coal: bituminous, 414; disputes, 459; for industry, 425; hard, 401; miners, 470, 496, 497; output, 409, 413; railways, 426, 427; subsidies, 301, 305

• Coal Mines Council, 318

• Coal Transport Shipping Committee, 411

• Coastal fortifications, 233

• Coastal vessels, 400, 403, 409, 422

• Coates, Rt. Hon. J. G., 57, 477, 478

• Cobb power station, 430

• Cochrane, Wing Commander R. A., 48

• Colonial Ammunition Company, 135

• Combined Boards, 124

• Combined Food Board, 144

• Combined Raw Materials Boards, 134, 139

• Commissioner of Defence Construction, 227, 240, 241, 244, 348, 349, 350, 351, 404

• Commissioner of Supply, 62

• Commissioner of Works, 250

• Committee of Imperial Defence (NZ), 30, 31, 32, 36, 51

• Communications, 437. See also Transport and Communications

• Conciliation Commissioners, 316

• Condliffe, J. B., 513, 519, 535, 571

• Confectionery manufacture, 153

• Conscription: of men, 58, 59, 81, 97, 449, 450; of wealth, 33, 58, 60, 449

• Construction: backlogs, 562; workers from Australia, 220. See also Defence construction

• Consumer, 459

• Consumer goods: durables, 390, 536; subsidies, 306, 308

• Consumers' Price Index, 536, 575

• Contracts Adjustment Committee, 357, 358

• Contracts: war, 341–65; attempts to review, 355. See also Cost-plus contracts

• Controller and Auditor-General, 342, 345, 347, 351, 353, 358

• Cook Strait power cable, 576

• Cool storage, 43–6, 186

• Co-operative stevedoring, 393, 396, 401

• Copper, 134

• Coral Sea, Battle of, 483

• Corn sacks, 116

• Corrugated roofing iron, 38, 112, 113, 221, 223, 241, 248, 563

• Costing, 348

• Cost of war: financial comparisons, 251–77; how raised, 260; international comparisons, 258; overseas cost, 272

• Cost-plus contracts, 240, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 353, 354, 362, 365

• Cotton piece goods, 110

• Council of Defence, 31, 33, 34, 52

• Court of Arbitration, 280, 284, 285, 287, 288, 315, 316, 317, 320, 322, 392, 500, 501, 536, 538, 576

• Cows. See Dairy cows

• Cream, 204, 470

• Cream of tartar, 116

• Dairy cows, 197, 198, 214

• Dairy factories, 320

• Dairy farming, 214, 325

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• Dairy Industry Costs Adjustment Committee, 325

• Dairy Industry Council, 326

• Dairy Industry Stabilisation Account, 211, 325, 560

• Dairy produce, 490, 554

• Dairy Produce Account, 16, 561

• D Day, 500

• Debt servicing, 552, 558

• Declarations of essentiality, 163, 498, 507, 509

• Defence construction, 48, 220–50, 342, 363, 456, 562

• Defence Construction Council, 227

• Defence Forces Personnel Committee, 495, 500

• Defence materials, 371

• Defence stores, 388

• Defence workers camps, 454

• Defence works. See Defence construction

• De Gaulle, General C., 556

• De Havilland Aircraft Company, 224

• Dehydrated meat, 79, 186, 187, 205, 218, 231, 237

• Dehydrated vegetables, 463

• Delivery Emergency Regulations, 419

• Demobilisation, 502–3

• Departments. See under name of Department

• Depression, the, 147, 443, 444

• Development loans, 338

• Development works, 265

• Direction of labour, 59, 101, 103, 175, 184, 450, 451, 453, 459, 498

• Director of National Service, 85, 95, 103, 195, 456, 481, 482, 497

• Director of Stabilisation, 288, 300, 310

• Disabled Servicemen's Re-establishment League, 505, 512

• Disposable income, 259, 273, 335, 336, 339

• Disputes Committee, 393

• Distribution and finance, 494

• District Advisory Manpower Committees, 85, 102

• District Garment Control Committees, 163

• District Manpower Officers, 97, 100, 158, 450, 453, 508

• District Rehabilitation Committees, 510

• 2 NZ Division See under NZEF (2nd)

• 3 NZ Division

• Dollar funds, 152, 520

• Dominion Motor Company, 136, 246

• Dominion Physical Laboratory, 160

• Donnelly, Sir A., 282, 298

• Drugs, stocks, 138

• Dumped surpluses, 554

• Duty free entry, 555

• Earthmoving equipment, 47, 221, 244, 519

• Earthquake damage, 454

• Eastern Group Supply Council, 136, 151, 160, 167, 171, 370

• Economic and financial policy, 568

• Economic development, 569

• Economic planning. See Planning

• Economic Policy Committee of Cabinet, 544

• Economic Stabilisation, 271, 298–340, 456, 459, 460, 463, 499, 536. See also Stabilisation

• Economic Stabilisation Commission, 62, 288, 298, 304, 317

• Economic Stabilisation Committee, 283, 298

• Economic Stabilisation Conference, 281, 283, 309, 324

• Economic Stabilisation Emergency Regulations 1942, 288, 299, 315

• Economic Stabilisation Scheme, 283, 561

• Education, 446; Department of, 193

• Egg Marketing Regulations, 461

• Eggs, 461, 473

• Electricity Control Orders, 431, 434

• Electricity Controller, 130, 430, 433

• Electric motors on farms, 188, 423, 424

• Electric power, 46, 47, 249, 423, 424, 426, 427–35, 562, 565, 566, 570, 571. See also Hydro-electric power

• Electric Power Board and Supply Authorities Association, 47, 428

• Electric Power Boards, 434

• Emergency defence buildings, 345

• Emergency Disputes Committee, 318

• Emergency Regulations Act 1939, 58

• Emergency Regulations Amendment Act, 58

• Empire Air Training Scheme, 232, 270, 272

• Employees, reinstatement of, 505

• Employment Act 1945, 542

• Employment Division, Department of Labour, 5

• Employment promotion, 6, 89, 261, 262, 542

• Employment Promotion Act 1936, 5

• Employment Promotion Fund, 5, 9, 87

• Employment Restriction Order, 508

• Enemy Trading Emergency Regulations, 369

• Engine Drivers', Firemen, and Cleaners' Association, 319

• Engineering, 148

• Essential industries, 34, 85, 101, 103, 153, 194, 451, 457, 508

• Essential occupations, 35, 364

• Essential raw materials, 112

• Essentiality. See Declarations of essentiality

• European Economic Community, 555–6, 576

• Evans Bay power station, 431, 432

• Ewes, 190, 214

• Excess Profits Tax, 361

• Exchange allocation. See Import Controls

• Exchange control. See Import Controls

• Exchange rate, 20, 535, 536

• Export earnings, 25, 366, 386, 387, 549, 553

• Export industries, 572

• Export parity, 331

• Export prices, 366, 371

• Export surplus, 327

• Exports, 17, 40, 116, 214, 368, 369, 370, 552

• Ex-servicemen. See Rehabilitation

• Factory advisory Committee, 35

• Factory Controller, 95, 109, 112, 113, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 139, 140, 154, 431, 433, 434, 468

• Factory Emergency Regulations 1939, 56

• ‘Fairmile’ patrol vessels, 169

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• Fair Rents Act 1936, 301

• Family benefits, 10, 545. See also Social Security

• Farm cost allowances, 326

• Farm costs subsidies. See Subsidies

• Farm industry reserves, 324–32, 560–1

• Farm labour. See Labour

• Farm mechanisation, 14, 15, 126, 188, 424, 557, 558

• Farm Produce Stabilisation Accounts, 257, 302. See also Farm industry reserves

• Farm stabilisation policy, 331

• Farm subsidies, 325, 535. See also Subsidies

• Farming, 13–15, 78, 83, 93, 181–219, 494, 496, 558–61, 560

• Federated Farmers, 325, 330

• Federation of Labour, 310, 448, 469, 534

• Fertilisers, 38, 184, 195, 196, 203, 219, 515. See also Phosphates

• Fibre, 218

• Fifty-four hour week, 229

• Financial cost of war, 251

• Fiscal policy, 334

• Fish, 176, 404

• Fish liver oil, 176

• Flax: phormium tenax, 218. See also Linen flax

• Fletcher, Sir J., 170, 227, 229, 249, 349

• Floating dock, Wellington, 172

• Food Controller, 130

• Food rationing. See Rationing

• Food reserves, British, 370, 490

• Footwear manufacturing, 313, 467

• Forbes, Rt. Hon. G. W., 31

• Ford Motor Company, 136

• Forestry Group, 2 NZEF, 245, 247

• Forestry, 247, 571

• France, 199, 558

• Fraser, P. R., 464

• Fraser, Rt. Hon. P., 57, 85, 100, 227, 290, 380, 484, 485, 489, 527

• Freezing workers, 474

• Freezing works, 185, 447, 496

• Freights, 558

• Freyberg, Lt-Gen Lord, 497

• Fruit growing, 216, 487

• Fuel, 423

• Full employment, 25, 528, 538–54. See also Employment

• Fuses, 137, 159

• Galvanised iron: flat, 248. See also Corrugated roofing iron

• Garages, 563

• Garment Control Council, 468

• Gas, 409, 425, 426

• General Motors, 136

• General wage orders, 280, 285, 537. See also Wage rates

• Gillespie, Oliver A., 239, 496

• Glass, 221, 248

• Goods Transport Control Committee, 419, 420

• Goods, volume available, 24, 123, 284, 291, 335, 336, 337, 339

• ‘Go-slow’ tactics, 392, 393

• Government administration, 435, 436, 437

• Government Architect, 228, 240

• Government Contracts Adjustment Commission, 356, 361

• Government Statistician, 310, 312, 333

• Gratuities, 254, 503

• Greatcoats, 163

• Guadalcanal, 483

• Guaranteed price, 9, 13, 14, 16, 52, 65, 181, 183, 324, 326

• Gumboots, 151

• Gun-metal, 134

• Gypsum rock, 38, 109, 112, 113, 221, 247

• Halsey, Admiral W.F. 486

• Hamilton, Dr W. M., 183, 199

• Hamilton, Hon. Adam, 57

• Hand grenades, 136, 159

• Hand stripping, 14, 190

• Harbour Boards, 439

• Harbour defences, 231, 234

• Harvesting, 192, 447, 487, 499

• Hitler, A., 450

• Holidays, paid annual, 457

• Holland, Rt. Hon. Sir S., 484

• Home Defence Forces, 153, 192, 249, 495

• Home Guard, 462

• Hosiery, 161

• Hospitals, 232, 233, 236, 351, 562

• Hostels, 238, 455

• Hours Committee, 456

• Hours of work, 399, 455

• Housing, 9, 517, 562

• Housing Construction Department, 229, 242, 247

• Hunter, J. S., 528, 539

• Hunter, Mr Justice, 303, 304

• Hydro-electric power, 46, 249, 428, 434, 435, 565. See also Electric power

• Imperial Conference, 1930, 31, 51

• Imperial Conference, 1937, 4, 41, 52

• Import controls, 17, 19, 20, 25, 61, 115, 120, 128, 148, 152, 175, 176, 273, 367, 540, 548–51, 576

• Imported commodities, 383

• Import licensing, 371, 542, 544, 550

• Import payments, 386, 389

• Import prices, 337

• Import selection, 148

• Imports, 17, 310, 547, 548, 552

• Imports classified by purpose, 130

• Imports, principal supplying countries, 127

• Imports, volume, 106, 366

• Income. See National income, Private income

• Index Committee, 284, 302, 309

• India, 167, 526

• Indirect taxes, 336

• Industrial Absenteeism Emergency Regulations, 457

• Industrial development, 62, 571

• Industrial Development Committee, 529

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• Industrial disputes, 409

• Industrial Efficiency Act 1936, 62

• Industrial Emergency Council, 35, 448, 456

• Industrial Manpower Appeals Committee, 103

• Industries and Commerce Department, 173, 175

• Industries Committee, 61

• Inflation, 532, 533–9

• Inter-island cable, 566

• Internal combustion engines, 188, 424

• Internal Marketing Division, 67, 216, 461, 462, 463, 464, 474

• Internal Transport Sub-committee (of ONS), 392

• International Emergency Food Council, 144

• Internment camps, 233

• Invisibles, 552, 553

• Iron and steel, 131, 222, 571

• Iron and Steel Control Notice 1942, 133

• Iron sands, 569, 571

• Japan: entry into war, 346; invasion threat, 229, 240, 353, 405, 481; NZ forces in, 502, 503, 508, 558, 570; prisoners, 231

• Joiners, 171

• Joint Debits Committee, 325

• Joint Organisation (wool), 561

• Jones, Hon. F., 30, 52, 57

• Jute, 112

• Kaitawa power station, 430

• Karapiro power station, 565

• Kauri timber, 170

• Kawerau, 575

• Key industries, 450

• Killed on active service, 445, 540, 541

• King's Wharf power station, 431

• Kissel, F. T. M., 431

• Korea, 537, 549, 575

• Labour: construction, 243; directed. See Direction of labour; on farms, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 203, 492, 493, 559; shortages, 155, 486, 497

• Labour Department, 5, 543, 544

• Labour force, 56, 81–104, 443, 481–98, 540, 541, 542, 560, 564

• Labour Legislation Emergency Regulations 1940, 455

• Labour Legislation Suspension or Modification Order, 456

• Labour Party, 148, 447, 448, 457

• Lamb, exports, 199

• Lambs: born, 214; losses, 202; slaughtered, 214, 215; tailed, 215

• Land Act 1924, 514

• Land Sales Committees, 514, 518

• Land Sales Courts, 517

• Land Settlement Board, 515

• Laurenson, G. L., 418

• Lead, 109, 134

• Leathem, Samuel, 548

• Leather, 165

• Lend-Lease, 73, 121, 125, 126, 206, 254, 257, 260, 274, 370, 379, 384, 388, 389, 424, 478, 519, 520, 521

• Lend-Lease Act, 125, 132

• Lend-Lease Agreement, 2

• Lend-Lease, Reverse, 77, 186, 188, 272, 368, 369, 370, 377, 378, 381, 384, 387, 388, 389, 520

• Liberty ships, 375

• Lime, 196, 197

• Linen flax, 155, 216, 231, 237, 249

• Linen Flax Corporation, 522

• Linseed oil, 221

• Lipson, Leslie, 530

• Livestock, 207, 487

• Living standards, 23–5

• Llewellin, Col. J. J., 490

• Loans, 264, 265, 267, 274, 339, 367

• Loans Redemption Account, 383, 384

• Local authority services, 437

• Local Government Committee, 438

• Locomotives, fuel for, 405, 407, 415

• Logging and sawmilling, 496

• Long-term contracts, 209, 326, 500, 524

• Lump sum payments, 326, 382, 386, 387, 388, 500, 521, 524

• Machine-gun carriers, 160

• Machine-gun posts, 230, 233

• Machine tools, 160

• McKay's Crossing, 232

• McLagan, Hon. A., 158, 174, 487, 488, 498

• McPherson, R., 39

• Magazines, 234

• Magnesium, 134

• Main Highways Fund, 438

• Malaya: loss of, 139; war surpluses to, 526

• Malthoid, 248

• Manapouri, Lake, 571

• Manpower, 81–104, 481–98. See also Labour

• Manpower Committee, 30, 33, 35, 51, 53, 56

• Manpower Controller, 468

• Manpower controls revoked, 506, 507

• Manpower Director, 184

• Manpower, Minister of, 35

• Manpower Officer, 507

• Manpower Register, 53, 99

• Manpower Utilisation Councils and Committees, 102, 161, 162

• Manufacturing: diversification, 176; employment, 147; in wartime, 147–80; labour force, 95, 155, 493, 564; power difficulties, 433; production, 19, 359, 494, 560; value added, 572

• Maori Affairs, Department of, 515

• Maori Battalion, 2 NZEF, 453

• Maori Rehabilitation Finance Committee, 515

• Maori Utilisation Committees, 453

• Maori War Effort Organisation, 452, 453

• Maoris, 443, 452

• Maraetai scheme, 435, 566

• Marine Department, 344, 353

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• Marketing, Department, 183; Department abolished, 465; food, 460

• Marriage rates, 444, 445

• Marshall Plan, 555

• Master Builders' Association, 348, 351, 355, 356, 360

• Master schedule, 240, 348, 350, 351, 362, 363

• Materials, 63, 112, 563

• Meat: British supplies, 491; bulk purchase, 524; disposal, 209; exports, 182, 208, 490; freezing works, 185, 489; pigmeat, 207; preserved, 206; prices, 304, 534; production, 204–9, 219, 489; rationing, 470, 471, 574. See also Beef, Canning, Dehydrated meat, Lamb, Mutton

• Meat Board, 329

• Meat Industry Reserve Account, 211, 560

• Meat Industry Stabilisation Account, 329

• Meat Pool Account, 328, 329

• Meat Producers' Board, 41

• Mechanisation, farms. See Farm mechanisation

• Mechanisation, roading, 543

• Medical benefits, 480

• Medical supplies, 137

• Medicinal plants, 79, 218

• Memorandum of Security, 260, 270, 272, 274, 379, 384, 385, 387, 389

• Merchant Marine, 187

• Meremere power station, 566

• Metalworking industries, 149, 159

• Midway, Battle of, 483

• Migration, 444, 541

• Military camps, 233

• Military clothing and footwear, 160, 164

• Military contracts, 158, 163, 313

• Milk deliveries, 479

• Milking machines, 188, 190

• Mines, 409, 412. See also Opencast mining

• Minesweepers, 168, 169, 347, 404

• Mining Controller, 130, 131

• Minimum wages, 458

• Minimum working week, 482

• Minister in Charge of Rehabilitation, 510, 514, 518, 529

• Minister of Customs, 367

• Minister of Finance, 521

• Minister of Industrial Manpower, 507, 509

• Minister of Industries and Commerce, 533, 549

• Minister of Labour, 447, 450, 457, 498

• Minister of Marketing, 325, 473

• Minister of Mines, 410

• Minister of National Service, 451

• Minister of Railways, 407

• Minister of Supply and Munitions, 419, 467, 469

• Ministry of Supply, 121, 124

• Ministry of Works, 249, 250, 530

• Mobilisation, 71, 82, 103, 223, 224, 342, 481

• Mortars, 136

• Motive power in industry, 178, 423

• Motor assembly plants, 160

• Motor spirits. See Petrol

• Motorist, 472, 479

• Motor transport vehicles, 523

• Motor tyres, 466

• Motor vehicles, 472, 522

• Munich crisis, 29, 36, 44, 223

• Munitions, 40, 129, 134, 159, 237, 249, 343, 519

• Munitions Controller, 131

• Mutton, 205

• Mutual Aid Agreement. See Canadian Mutual Aid and Lend-Lease

• Nandi, 238

• Nash, Rt. Hon. W., 3, 11, 13, 26, 41, 57, 111, 161, 226, 252, 268, 270, 271, 367, 368, 380, 381, 383, 384, 488, 490, 503, 548, 549

• National Council for Reclamation of Waste, 144

• National Dairy Association, 325

• National Employment Service, 244, 493, 505, 530, 542, 543

• National Expenditure Adjustment Act, 51

• National Expenditure Commission, 47, 51, 428

• National Garment Control Council, 163

• National income, 275, 335

• National output, 256, 276

• National Register, 33, 35, 36, 58, 100

• National Registration Act, 34, 53