06/29/1941
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"Nothing herein shall affect or limit the authority and power conferred upon or granted to the Chairman of the War Production Board by Title XIII of said Second War Powers Act, 1942."
"I declare and proclaim that the articles listed below shall, on and after April 15, 1942, be considered arms, ammunition, and implements of war."
"All personnel, together with the whole of the records and public property now under the cognizance of the Bureau of Navigation in the Hydrographic Office and the Naval Observatory are assigned and tra..."
"The duties and functions of the Hydrographic Office and Naval Observatory, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, are hereby transferred to the cognizance and jurisdiction of the Chief of Naval Operat..."