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On the recordFebruary 15, 1962
Develop plans and procedures for financial assistance to individuals injured or in want as a result of enemy attack and for welfare institutions in need of such assistance in an emergency.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Executive Order 11001—Assigning Emergency Preparedness Functions to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare

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