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TABLE 4-EXECUTIVE ORDERS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE FIRST AND SECOND WAR POWERS ACTS

FIRST WAR POWERS ACT (55 STAT. 838; 50 U. S. C., APP. 601-622)

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Subject

1941

8985

Dec. 19

Office of Censorship; establishment, functions and duties...

8998

Dec. 26

9001

Dec. 27

1942

9023 Jan. 14

Foreign exchange transactions, amendment of prior order as ameded. (Hong Kong).......
War Department, Navy Department and U. S. Maritime Commission authorized to
exercise the powers described in Title II of Act to expedite prosecution of war effort.

Contract regulations extended to Treasury, Agriculture, Federal Works Agency, Panama
Canal, Government Printing Office, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
War Shipping Administration; establishment, functions and duties defined..
Interior Department, contract regulations extended to...

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1017

1053

1054

1078

1086

1088

Tennessee Valley Authority, contract regulations extended to...------------
Agriculture Department, certain agencies consolidated within...........

1089

1094

Feb. 26

Feb. 28

National Housing Agency, established by consolidation of certain agencies and functions
Federal Loan Agency, functions transferred to Department of Commerce.....
Public Health Service, certain hospitals made available for care of insane persons..
Army of the United States, reorganization and transfer of functions within the War
Department.

1095

1098

1101

1103

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Contract regulations extended to Office of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Civil
Aeronautics Administration, National Housing Agency, Veterans' Administration,
Federal Communications Commission.

Hydrographic Office transferred from Bureau of Navigation to Chief of Naval Operations.
Defense contractors, agencies designated to inspect plants and audit books...................
Board of Economic Warfare, additional functions and duties....

9176 May 29 Registration of foreign agents, functions transferred from Secretary of State to Attorney General.....

9177 May 30 Authority to make emergency purchases of war materials abroad conferred on certain officials..

1137

1138

1139

Civilian Conservation Corps motor repair shops transferred to War Department..
War Manpower Commission, establishment.....

1141

1145

Alien Property Custodian, certain functions, etc., transferred from Justice Department..
Credit Union functions, transferred from Farm Credit Administration to Federal De-
posit Insurance Corporation..

1148

1150

1165

1166

9131 June 11

9182 June 13

9193 July 6

Alaska, administration of Federal government services by Alaska War Council.
Office of War Information, established by consolidation of certain agencies...
Alien Property Custodian Office, establishment order ame nded..

1167

1169

1174

9194 July 7

Navy Department, acquisition and disposal of real estate, functions transferred to Chief
of Bureau of Yards and Docks...

1178

9198 July 11

Merchant Marine training functions, transfer to War Shipping Administration..

1184

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Work Projects Administration, Sample Surveys Section, functions transferred to Bureau
of the Census.

1203

Board of Economic Warfare, contract regulations.....

1203

Effective utilization of Government supplies and equipment.
Office of Strategic Services, contract regulations.....

1206

1208

War Shipping Administration, establishment order amended.

1209

9246 Sept. 17

U. S. Commissioner to the Philippines, functions transferred to Secretary of Interior.
Rubber program coordination and control......................

1210

1210

9247❘ Sept. 17

War Manpower Commission, transfer of certain employment service and training func
tions to.

1211

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Treasury Department contracts for architectural and engineering services, limitation
fixed fees modified.

1225

Tables of Presidential Documents

TABLE 4-EXECUTIVE ORDERS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE FIRST AND SECOND WAR POWERS ACTS-Continued

No.

Date

1942

Subject

Page

9279 Dec. 5

Manpower mobilization; Selective Service System transferred to War Manpower Com- 1232 mission.

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Council National Defense, certain functions transferred to Secretary of Interior....

1241

Contracts and Purchases, reports of...

1249

9300 Feb. 5

Interdepartmental Committee to consider cases of subversive activity on part of Federal
employees, establishment.

1253

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Internal Revenue, Commissioner of, transfer of certain functions relating to taxes and
penalties imposed for violations of the National Prohibition Act.

1253

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Defense Health and Welfare Services, Office of, transfer of nutrition functions to Depart-
ment of Agriculture.

1259

9312 Mar. 9 9315 Mar. 15

War Information, Office of, foreign information activities defined.......

1259

Secretary of Agriculture, transfer of certain functions from the President to...

1260

9322 Mar. 26

Food Production and Distribution Administration, centralizing and delegating authority
with respect to.

1283

9325 Apr. 7 9327

Alien Property Custodian, Office of, payment of expense of the...

1265

Apr. 7

Congested Production Areas, providing for the more effective handling of governmental
problems in.

1206

9328 Apr. 8

Wages, Prices, and Salaries; stabilization of..

1267

9330 Apr. 16

Office for Emergency Management, certain central administrative services transferred
from.

1268

9334 Apr. 19

War Food Administration, establishment..........

1273

9336 Apr. 24

Financing arrangements to facilitate the prosecution of the war authorized..

1274

9338 Apr. 29

9339
9343 May 19

Apr. 29

Federal Security Agency, functions of Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services trans-
ferred to.

1275

Civil Air Patrol transferred to War Department, from Office of Civilian Defense...

1273

Certain lands on Government Island, California, to the Navy Department; transfer of
jurisdiction and control over.

1278

9347 May 27

War Mobilization, Office of, established..

1281

Executive Orders Issued Pursuant to the First and Second War Powers Acts

TABLE 4-EXECUTIVE ORDERS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE FIRST AND SECOND WAR POWERS ACTS-Continued

SECOND WAR POWERS ACT (56 STAT. 176; 50 U. S. C., APP. 631–645a)

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9157 May 9

9178 May 30

Secretary of Commerce to make available records, schedules, reports, returns, etc..............
Helium program of Interior Department, Secretary authorized to acquire and dispose of
property.

1155

1167

9179 June 5

Federal Works Agency, Commissioner of Public Roads authorized to acquire and dispose
of property.

1167

9186 June 27

9194 July 7

Federal Works Administrator authorized to acquire and dispose of property..
Navy Department, acquisition and disposal of real estate, functions transferred to Chief
of Bureau of Yards and Docks.

1171

1178

9211 Aug. 1

Office for Emergency Management, Division of Central Administrative Services author-
ized to acquire and dispose of property.

1190

9217. Aug. 7

9218 Aug. 11

Reconstruction Finance Corporation authorized to acquire and dispose of property..
Scientific Research and Development, Office of, authorized to acquire and dispose of
property.

1192

1192

9244 Sept. 16 9249 Oct. 1 9280 Dec. 5

9321

1943

Secretary of Agriculture authorized to acquire and dispose of property.
Food program, control to be exercised by Secretary of Agriculture...

Mar. 25 Attorney General authorized to acquire and dispose of property..

War Shipping Administration, establishment order amended..

1209

1213

1234

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EXECUTIVE ORDERS:

A Brief History of Their Use and the

President's Power to Issue Them

HUGH C. KEENAN
Legislative Attorney

American Law Division

Revised February 26, 1974

GROVER S. WILLIAMS

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