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) No. Date Subject Page Office of Censorship; establishment, functions and duties.. 1017 Dec. 27 Foreign exchange transactions, amendment of prior order as ameded. (Hong Kong)......... 1053 1054 Contract regulations extended to Treasury, Agriculture, Federal Works Agency, Panama National Housing Agency, established by consolidation of certain agencies and functions 1095 1098 Public Health Service, certain hospitals made available for care of insane persons.......... 1101 1103 Contract regulations extended to Office of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Civil Hydrographic Office transferred from Bureau of Navigation to Chief of Naval Operations. 9177 May 30 Authority to make emergency purchases of war materials abroad conferred on certain officials.. 9131 June 11 9182 June 13 9193 July 6 1137 1138 1139 Civilian Conservation Corps motor repair shops transferred to War Department.. 1141 1145 Alien Property Custodian, certain functions, etc., transferred from Justice Department.. 1148 1150 Registration of foreign agents, functions transferred from Secretary of State to Attorney 1165 1166 Alaska, administration of Federal government services by Alaska War Council. 1167 1169 1174 9194 July 7 Navy Department, acquisition and disposal of real estate, functions transferred to Chief 1178 9198 July 11 9204 July 21 Merchant Marine training functions, transfer to War Shipping Administration. 1184 1185 Work Projects Administration, Sample Surveys Section, functions transferred to Bureau War Shipping Administration, establishment order amended.. War Manpower Commission, transfer of certain employment service and training func- 1203 1203 1206 1208 1209 U. S. Commissioner to the Philippines, functions transferred to Secretary of Interior. 1210 1210 1211 1219 1223 Nov. 5 Commerce Department, contract regulations... 1223 Nov. 11 Treasury Department contracts for architectural and engineering services, limitation 1225 Tables of Presidential Documents TABLE 4-EXECUTIVE ORDERS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE FIRST AND SECOND WAR POWERS ACTS-Continued No. Date Subject Page 1942 Manpower mobilization; Selective Service System transferred to War Manpower Com- 1232 mission. Council National Defense, certain functions transferred to Secretary of Interior.. 1241 Contracts and Purchases, reports of..... 1249 Feb. 5 Interdepartmental Committee to consider cases of subversive activity on part of Federal 1253 9302 Feb. 9 Internal Revenue, Commissioner of, transfer of certain functions relating to taxes and 1253 Defense Health and Welfare Services, Office of, transfer of nutrition functions to Depart- 1259 War Information, Office of, foreign information activities defined............. 1259 9315 Mar. 15 Secretary of Agriculture, transfer of certain functions from the President to... 1260 9322 Mar. 26 Food Production and Distribution Administration, centralizing and delegating authority 1202 9325 Apr. 7 Alien Property Custodian, Office of, payment of expense of the.. 1265 9327 Apr. 7 Congested Production Areas, providing for the more effective handling of governmental 1266 9328 Apr. 8 Wages, Prices, and Salaries; stabilization of.. 1267 9330 Apr. 16 Office for Emergency Management, certain central administrative services transferred 1208 9334 Apr. 19 9336 Apr. 24 9338 Apr. 29 9339 Apr. 29 War Food Administration, establishment.......... 1273 Financing arrangements to facilitate the prosecution of the war authorized.... 1274 Federal Security Agency, functions of Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services trans- 1275 Civil Air Patrol transferred to War Department, from Office of Civilian Defense... 1275 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) 9157 May 9 9178 May 30 Secretary of Commerce to make available records, schedules, reports, returns, etc... 1155 1167 9179 June 5 Federal Works Agency, Commissioner of Public Roads authorized to acquire and dispose 1167 9186 June 27 9194 July 7 Federal Works Administrator authorized to acquire and dispose of property............... 1171 1178 .9211 Aug. 1 Office for Emergency Management, Division of Central Administrative Services author- 1190 9217 Aug. 7 9218 Aug. 11 Reconstruction Finance Corporation authorized to acquire and dispose of property...... 1192 1192 9244 Sept. 16 9249 Oct. 1 9280 Dec. 5 1943 Secretary of Agriculture authorized to acquire and dispose of property. 9321 Mar. 25 Attorney General authorized to acquire and dispose of property.. War Shipping Administration, establishment order amended.. 1209 1213 1234 1262 |