active duty such commissioned and warrant officers of the Navy and Marine EXECUTIVE ORDER 8245 AUTHORIZING INCREASES IN THE ENLISTED Corps on the retired list, and such trans- WHEREAS a proclamation issued by me on September 8, 1939, proclaimed that a national emergency exists in connection with and to the extent necessary for the proper observance, safeguarding, and enforcing of the neutrality of the United States and the strengthening of our national defense within the limits of peace-time authorizations; and WHEREAS the authorized enlisted strength of the active list of the Regular Navy in peace time is 131,485 men with authority in the President when a sufficient emergency exists to increase this strength to 191,000 men, and the authorized enlisted strength of the active list of the Marine Corps in peace time is 20 per centum of the total authorized enlisted strength of the active list of the Navy; and may deem necessary. 4. The Secretary of the Navy is also authorized to order to active duty such officers and men of the Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve other than transferred members of the Fleet Reserve and the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, including aviation cadets, as he may deem necessary and as agree voluntarily to serve. 5. To the extent made necessary by this order, the Department of the Navy is hereby authorized to waive or modify the monthly or other apportionments of its appropriations for contingent expenses or other general purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, September 8, 1939. EXECUTIVE ORDER 8246 WHEREAS the Navy and the Marine Corps will be charged with additional and important duties in connection with such national emergency requiring increases in their present enlisted strengths MAKING FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THE PROwithin the limits of these authorizations: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and by the act of July 1, 1918, as amended by the act of July 11, 1919 (U.S.C., title 34, sec. 151), section 15 (d) of the act of June 23, 1938 (U.S.C., title 34, sec. 691), by the act of July 1, 1918, as amended by section 17 of the act of June 10, 1922 (U.S.C., title 34, sec. 423), by the act of June 25, 1938, Title I, section 5 (U.S.C., Supp. title 34, section 853c), and Revised Statutes, section 3667, as amended (U.S.C., title 31, sec. 665), it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. The enlisted strength of the active list of the Regular Navy shall be increased as rapidly as possible by voluntary enlistments as may be deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Navy not to exceed 145,000 men. 2. The enlisted strength of the active list of the Marine Corps shall be increased as rapidly as possible by voluntary enlistments to 25,000 men. 3. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized, in his discretion, to order to TECTION OF AMERICAN CITIZENS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES DURING THE EXISTING EMERGENCY WHEREAS the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1940 (53 Stat. 890), provides, in part, as follows: “EMERGENCIES ARISING IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE and Consular Service: To enable the Presi"Emergencies arising in the Diplomatic dent to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service, and to extend the commercial and other interests of the United States and to meet the necessary expenses attendant upon the execution of the Neutrality Act, to be expended pursuant to the requirement of section 291 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 107), $175, 000: Provided, That whenever the President shall find that a state of emergency exists endangering the lives of American citizens in any foreign country, he may make available for expenditure for the protection of such citizens, by transfer to this appropriation, not to exceed $500,000 from the various appropriations contained herein under the heading 'Foreign Intercourse'; and reimbursements by American citizens to whom relief has been extended shall be credited to any appropriation from which funds have been transferred for the purposes hereof, except that reimbursements so credited to | 3667, as amended (U.S.C., title 31, sec. any appropriation shall not exceed the 665), it is hereby ordered as follows: amount transferred therefrom." AND WHEREAS I find and declare that an emergency exists endangering the lives of American citizens in foreign countries within the meaning of the said Act: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the above-quoted statutory provisions, and in order to meet such emergency and make funds available for the protection of American citizens in foreign countries, I hereby direct the Secretary of the Treasury, when so requested by the Secretary of State, to transfer on the books of the Treasury, for expenditure from the appropriation "Emergencies Arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service", from any appropriation in the said Act under the heading "Foreign Intercourse", such sums not to exceed in all $500,000 as the Secretary of State may from time to time during the existing emergency find necessary; and funds so transferred shall be expended subject only to the requirement of section 291 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (31 U.S.C. 107). FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, EXECUTIVE ORDER 8247 AUTHORIZING INCREASES IN THE PERSONNEL OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WHEREAS a proclamation issued by me on September 8, 1939, proclaimed that a national emergency exists in connection with and to the extent necessary for the proper observance, safeguarding, and enforcing of the neutrality of the United States and the strengthening of our national defense within the limits of peace-time authorizations; and WHEREAS the Federal Bureau of In vestigation, Department of Justice, will be charged with additional and important duties in connection with such national emergency, requiring an increase in its personnel: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and by Revised Statutes, section 1. The Attorney General shall increase the personnel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, in such number, not exceeding 150, as he shall find necessary for the proper per formance of the additional duties imposed upon the Department of Justice in connection with the national emergency. 2. To the extent made necessary by this order the Department of Justice is hereby authorized to waive or modify the monthly or other apportionments of its appropriations for contingent expenses or other general purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, September 8, 1939. EXECUTIVE ORDER 8248 ESTABLISHING THE DIVISIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND DEFINING THEIR FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES 1 By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Statutes, and in order to effectuate the purposes of the Reorganization Act of 1939, Public No. 19, Seventy-sixth Congress, approved April 3, 1939, and of Reorganization Plans Nos. I and II 1 submitted to the Congress by the President and made effective as of July 1, 1939 by Public Resolution No. 2, Seventy-sixth Congress, approved June 7, 1939, by organizing the Executive Office of the PresiIdent with functions and duties so prescribed and responsibilities so fixed that the President will have adequate machinery for the administrative management of the Executive branch of the Government, it is hereby ordered as follows: I There shall be within the Executive Office of the President the following White House Office, (2) the Bureau of principal divisions, namely: (1) The the Budget, (3) the National Resources Planning Board, (4) the Liaison Office for Personnel Management, (5) the Office of Government Reports, and (6) 14 F.R. 2727, 2733; 3 CFR, 1939 Supp., pages 248, 254. in the event of a national emergency, or | ministrative management, and to advise threat of a national emergency, such the executive departments and agencies office for emergency management as the of the Government with respect to imPresident shall determine. proved administrative organization and practice. II The functions and duties of the divisions of the Executive Office of the President are hereby defined as follows: 1. The White House Offie.-In general, to serve the President in an intimate capacity in the performance of the many detailed activities incident to his immediate office. To that end, The White House Office shall be composed of the following principal subdivisions, with particular functions and duties as indicated: (a) The Secretaries to the President.— To facilitate and maintain quick and easy communication with the Congress, the individual members of the Congress, the heads of executive departments and agencies, the press, the radio, and the general public. (b) The Executive Clerk.-To provide for the orderly handling of documents and correspondence within The White House Office, and to organize and supervise all clerical services and procedure relating thereto. (c) The Administrative Assistants to the President.-To assist the President in such matters as he may direct, and at the specific request of the President, to get information and to condense and summarize it for his use. These Administrative Assistants shall be personal aides to the President and shall have no authority over anyone in any department or agency, including the Executive Office of the President, other than the personnel assigned to their immediate offices. In no event shall the Administrative Assistants be interposed between the President and the head of any department or agency, or between the President and any one of the divisions in the Executive Office of the President. 2. The Bureau of the Budget.-(a) To assist the President in the preparation of the Budget and the formulation of the fiscal program of the Government. (b) To supervise and control the administration of the Budget. (d) To aid the President to bring about more efficient and economical conduct of Government service. (e) To assist the President by clearing and coordinating departmental advice on proposed legislation and by making recommendations as to Presidential action on legislative enactments, in accordance with past practice. (f) To assist in the consideration and clearance and, where necessary, in the preparation of proposed Executive orders and proclamations, in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order No. 7298 of February 18, 1936. (g) To plan and promote the improvement, development, and coordination of Federal and other statistical services. (h) To keep the President informed of the progress of activities by agencies of the Government with respect to work proposed, work actually initiated, and work completed, together with the relative timing of work between the several agencies of the Government; all to the end that the work programs of the several agencies of the Executive branch of the Government may be coordinated and that the monies appropriated by the Congress may be expended in the most economical manner possible with the least possible overlapping and duplication of effort. 3. The National Resources Planning Board.—(a) To survey, collect data on, and analyze problems pertaining to national resources, both natural and human, and to recommend to the President and the Congress long-time plans and programs for the wise use and fullest development of such resources. (b) To consult with Federal, regional, state, local, and private agencies in developing orderly programs of public works and to list for the President and the Congress all proposed public works in the order of their relative importance with respect to (1) the greatest good to the greatest number of people, (2) the (c) To conduct research in the de-emergency necessities of the Nation, and velopment of improved plans of ad- (3) the social, economic, and cultural advancement of the people of the United | complaints of citizens and groups of citiStates. zens and of state and local governments with respect to the work of Federal agencies. (c) To inform the President of the general trend of economic conditions and to recommend measures leading to their improvement of stabilization. (d) To act as a clearing house and means of coordination for planning activities, linking together various levels and fields of planning. (e) To report to the President on the basis of the information it has obtained possible ways and means for reducing the cost of the operation of the Government. III 4. The Liaison Office for Personnel Management. In accordance with the tional Resources Planning Board, and The Bureau of the Budget, the Nastatement of purpose made in the Mes- the Liaison Office for Personnel Mansage to Congress of April 25, 1939, accomagement shall constitute the three prinpanying Reorganization Plan No. I, one of the Administrative Assistants to the ment for the (1) preparation and adcipal management arms of the GovernPresident, authorized in the Reorganiza- ministration of the Budget and improvetion Act of 1939, shall be designated by ment of administrative management and the President as Liaison Officer for Per-organization, (2) planning for conservasonnel Management and shall be in tion and utilization of the resources of the charge of the Liaison Office for Personnel Nation, and (3) coordination of the ad Management. The functions of this (b) To assist the President in maintaining closer contact with all agencies dealing with personnel matters insofar as they affect or tend to determine the personnel management policies of the Executive branch of the Government. ministration of personnel, none of which belongs in any department but which are necessary for the over-all management of the Executive branch of the Government, so that the President will be enabled the better to carry out his Constitutional duties of informing the Congress with respect to the state of the Union, of recommending appropriate and expedient measures, and of seeing that the laws are faithfully executed. IV To facilitate the orderly transaction of business within each of the five divisions herein defined and to clarify the 5. The Office of Government Re- relations of these divisions with each ports. (a) To provide a central clearing other and with the President, I direct house through which individual citizens, that the Bureau of the Budget, the Naorganizations of citizens, state or local tional Resources Planning Board, the governmental bodies, and, where ap- Liaison Office for Personnel Managepropriate, agencies of the Federal Gov-ment, and the Office of Government Reernment, may transmit inquiries and ports shall respectively prepare regulacomplaints and receive advice and tions for the governance of their internal information. (b) To assist the President in dealing with special problems requiring the clearance of information between the Federal Government and state and local governments and private institutions. (c) To collect and distribute information concerning the purposes and activities of executive departments and agencies for the use of the Congress, administrative officials, and the public. organizations and procedures. Such regulations shall be in effect when approved by the President and shall remain in force until changed by new regulations approved by him. The President will prescribe regulations governing the conduct of the business of the division of The White House Office. V The Director of the Bureau of the (d) To keep the President currently Budget shall prepare a consolidated informed of the opinions, desires, and budget for the Executive Office of the President for submission by the President to the Congress. Annually, pursuant to the regular request issued by the Bureau of the Budget, each division of the Executive Office of the President shall prepare and submit to the Bureau estimates of proposed appropriations for the succeeding fiscal year. The form of the estimates and the manner of their consideration for incorporation in the Budget shall be the same as prescribed for other Executive departments and agencies. The Bureau of the Budget shall like wise perform with respect to the several divisions of the Executive Office of the EXECUTIVE ORDER 8249 PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE WHEREAS, under the treaties of the United States and the law of nations it is the duty of the United States, in any war in which the United States is a neu tral, not to permit the commission of unneutral acts within the jurisdiction of the United States; AND WHEREAS, a proclamation was issued by me on the 10th day of September1 declaring the neutrality of the President such functions and duties reUnited States of America in the war now lating to supplemental estimates, appor-existing between Germany, on the one tionments, and budget administration as are exercised by it for other agencies of the Federal Government. VI Space already has been assigned in the State, War and Navy Building, adjacent to The White House, sufficient to accommodate the Bureau of the Budget with its various divisions (including the Central Statistical Board), the central office of the National Resources Planning Board, the Liaison Office for Personnel Management, and the Administrative Assistants to the President, and although for the time being, a considerable portion of the work of the National Resources Planning Board and all of that of the Office of Government Reports will have to be conducted in other quarters, if and when the Congress makes provision for the housing of the Department of State in a building appropriate to its function and dignity and provision is made for the other agencies now accommodated in the State, War and Navy Building, it then will be possible to bring into this building, close to The White House, all of the personnel of the Executive Office of the President except The White House Office. This Order shall take effect on Sep tember 11th 1939. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, September 8th 1939. hand, and Canada, on the other hand: NOW, THEREFORE, in order to make more effective the enforcement of the provisions of said treaties, law of nations, and proclamation, I hereby prescribe that the provisions of my Executive Order No. 8233 of September 5, 1939, prescribing regulations governing the enforcement of the neutrality of the United States, apply equally in respect to Canada. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, September 10, 1939. EXECUTIVE ORDER 8250 REVOCATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 2006 OF JULY 30, 1914, PLACING CERTAIN LAND UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY FOR USE AS A NAVAL RADIO STATION CANAL ZONE By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 5 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, approved June 19, 1934, and as President of the United States, Executive Order No. 2006 of July 30, 1914, placing certain land in the Canal Zone, at Darien, under the control of the Secretary of the Navy for use as a naval radio station, is hereby revoked, and such land 14 F.R. 3857; 3 CFR, 1939 Supp., page 67. 24 F.R. 3822; 3 CFR, 1939 Supp., page 211. |