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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “The Director shall provide for the prompt exercise of Federal emergency authority through the advance preparation of…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 1962
The Director shall provide for the prompt exercise of Federal emergency authority through the advance preparation of such proposed legislation, Executive orders, rules, regulations, and directives as would be necessary to put into effect operating programs appropriate to the emergency situation
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Executive Order 11051—Prescribing Responsibilities of the Office of Emergency Planning in the Executive Office of the President

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