The third and fourth chapters respectively address the 1930 London Naval Conference. The second chapter covers the Board during the 1920's. The first chapter examines the advisory boards that pre-dated the General Board, its inception in 1900, and provides an outline of its membership and duties. The thesis is organized topically with the topics usually taken up in a chronological order.
These years also saw the Board struggle with the development and implementation of new naval technologies while the nation teetered on the brink of economic collapse caused by the Great Depression. The period between 19 also witnessed the last international efforts prior to World War II to reduce naval armaments, efforts in which the Board acted in its advisory capacity. Stimson, while it worked under two successive Chiefs of Naval Operations, men who held divergent naval viewpoints. During Hoover's Administration the Board made official contact with the President, various Congressional committees, and Secretary of State Henry L. The years between 19 are ideal ones in which to examine the Board because it then exercised a wide range of functions not normally undertaken during otherĪdministrations. This thesis will also examine the interaction of the General Board with the civilian branches of the United States Government and examine the formation and early developments of the General Board. The principle aim of this thesis is to determine the influence of the General Board on the United States Navy during the Administration of Herbert Hoover. He ordered the Board to provide reports that recommended construction programs, technical details on the designs of new warships, and any other matter that concerned naval affairs that the Secretary saw fit to submit to the Board for its recommendations. Secretary Long established the Board because he believed his not having received professional advice constituted a serious weakness in the Navy's administration.
Lone, organized the General Board of the United States Navy, the first permanent naval advisory body designed to advise the Secretary of the Navy on all aspects of the naval establishment. In 1900, the then Secretary of the Navy, John T.
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