This plan provides for unified direction by the Chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission of the executive affairs of the Commission.

Experience has demonstrated that unemployment insurance must be administered in close relationship with employment service and other employment programs.

The plan transfers the National Security Council and the National Security Resources Board to the Executive Office of the President.

After investigation I have found, and I hereby declare, that each reorganization included in the plan is necessary to accomplish one or more of the purposes set forth in section 2(a) of the Reorganization Act of 1949.

The growth of the executive branch and the increasingly complex nature of the problems with which it must deal have greatly intensified the necessity of strong and well-coordinated staff facilities to enable the President to meet his…

It is imperative that the Labor Department be strengthened and restored to its original position as the central agency of the Government for dealing with labor problems.

I am convinced that this reorganization plan will contribute importantly to the more businesslike and efficient administration of the programs of the Maritime Commission.

In the conduct of civil service operations the Chairman is subject to the regulations of the full Commission and to their investigatory powers and appellate jurisdiction.

The function of the second is 'to advise the President concerning the coordination of military, industrial, and civilian mobilization.'

The primary function of the first of these agencies, as defined by statute, is 'to advise the President with respect to the integration of domestic, foreign, and military policies relating to the national security.'

It is essential that the Commission which directs that system should be effectively organized to discharge its responsibilities.

They will, however, provide a firm foundation for maintaining and furthering the efficient administrative relationships already established, and for assuring that we have provided permanent arrangements vitally necessary to the national…

I transmit herewith Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1949, prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949.

The establishment of the Department of Welfare will effectuate the one recommendation of the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government for the creation of a new executive department.

I have concluded that the proper action at this time is to concentrate in the Chairman the responsibility for the internal administration of the agency.

Since the creation of the Executive Office of the President, however, the Congress has further recognized the need for more adequate central staff and created two new important staff agencies to assist the President--the National Security…

Within their respective fields these agencies assist the President in developing plans and policies which extend beyond the responsibility of any single department of the Government.

Since the principal purpose of the National Security Council and the National Security Resources Board is to advise and assist the President and their work needs to be coordinated to the fullest degree with that of other staff arms of the…