<P> The Office of War Mobilization (OWM) was an independent agency of the United States government formed during World War II to coordinate all government agencies involved in the war effort . It was formed on May 27, 1943 by Executive Order 9347 . </P> <P> It was headed by James F. Byrnes, a former U.S. Senator and Supreme Court Justice . Byrnes had previously been head of the Office of Economic Stabilization, which controlled prices and taxes . The OWM supervised the OES, and also the War Production Board and other agencies . It was re-titled the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion on October 3, 1944 . </P>

Main function of the office of war mobilization during ww2