Family background and description of life in northern Pennsylvania and upstate New York at the turn of the century; education and early work experiences as a steel inspector; later as an executive in the garment industry and coal mining industry; editor-in-chief successively of COAL AGE and FACTORY & INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT for the McGraw-Hill Publishing Company; detailed account of service in govern ment; Civil Works Administration, Federal Emergency Relief Administration, National Defense Mediation Board, National Labor Relations Board, Rural Electrification Administration, President's Power Policy Committee, the Cabinet-rank position as head of the Federal Works Agency (encompassing Public Works Administration, Works Progress Administration, United States Housing Authority, Bureau of Public Roads, Bureau of Public Buildings, Fine Arts Commission, and Lanham Act Defense Housing Program), United States Maritime Commission, Maritime War Emergency Board, and Federal Interdepartmental Safety Council
Government executives--United States; Publishers and publishing; Executives; New Deal, 1933-1939; World War, 1939-1945; Industries; United States Politics and government 1933-1945; Carmody, John M. (John Michael), 1881-1962; McGraw-Hill, inc; United States. National Labor Relations Board; United States. Federal Works Agency; United States. Maritime Commission