Technocracy Movement photograph album, 1938-1953

The Technocrary Movement was a social movement started in the early 20th century after the first World War that promoted the application of science to society and was committed to abstaining from political activities. Technocrats proposed replacing businessmen and politicians with scientists and engineers that could act as architects of the economy. The height of the movement was the 1930s and it declined afterwards. There were speaking tours in 1946 and 1947. There was also a motorcade that went from Los Angeles to Vancouver, B.C. While membership declined in the 1940s activity continued on the west coast of the U.S. up to Vancouver, B.C.