The functions of the Director shall not be deemed to extend to the affairs of any agency which has heretofore been, or shall hereafter be, abolished and the affairs of which are transferred to the Department of the Treasury, or to any other department, for the final winding up of such affairs.
Executive Order 9674—Liquidation of War Agencies
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It would have involved us in all-out war in the Far East, and we have been strenuously trying to avoid that all the time.
The executive departments and agencies of the Government are authorized and directed to cooperate with the Departments of the Navy and Interior in the effectuation of the provisions of this order.
I do not. General MacArthur is in the Army, and on active duty, and if he has anything that is of use to the Defense Department, he ought to tell them so they can make use of it.
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