Government

The following agencies shall conform to such policies, directives, regulations, and standards as the Chairman may prescribe in the execution of the powers vested in him by this Order.

The Director shall discharge and perform his responsibilities and duties under the direction and supervision of the President.

The Director, with the advice and assistance of the Board, shall serve as the center for the coordination of Federal civilian defense activities.

Such inspection shall be regarded as secret, confidential, or restricted, as the case may be, and all reports, records, papers, documents, and writings relating to such inspection or audit shall be marked or stamped as secret…

I do hereby declare an emergency to exist by reason of the present war.

I hereby proclaim that the provisions of my proclamation of September 5, 1939, are suspended, effective immediately.

It shall be the policy of the Chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to hold overtime work to a minimum consistent with the requirements of the national-defense program.

The administrative workweek, as herein contemplated, shall begin on Monday and run to Sunday, inclusive.

It is hereby ordered as follows: The following-named vessels are transferred from the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the service and jurisdiction of the Navy Department.

I do hereby order as follows:

I do hereby establish and proclaim the following-described areas as Maritime Control Areas.

The Director of the Office of Defense Transportation is directed to take immediate possession of all real and personal property, franchises, rights and other assets, tangible and intangible, of the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad…

It must be made very clear that the war effort is being impeded.

I urge all employers and Government agencies of all kinds to give those under their charge sufficient time in which to fulfill the obligations of registration incumbent upon them under the said Act and this proclamation.

The Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall maintain a continuous surveillance of governmental publication of statistical data.

The Director shall consult with the United States Employment Service and other agencies on employment and other problems incident to activities under this Order.

There is established in the Office for Emergency Management of the Executive Office of the President the War Relocation Authority.

Departments and agencies of the United States are directed to cooperate with and assist the Director in his activities hereunder.