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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, including authority vested in me by…”

On the recordFebruary 15, 1962
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, including authority vested in me by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958, it is hereby ordered as follows:
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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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