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1934
VOLUME 10

O a //t e O

NUMBER 185

Washington, Thursday, September 20, 1945
The President EXECUTIVE ORDER 9617
T ransfer o f C e r t a in A g e n c ie s and F u n c
t io n s to t h e D e p a r t m e n t of L abor
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, including Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:
1, a Except as otherwise provided herein, all functions, agencies, officers, employees, records, property, and funds of the W ar Manpower Commission, es tablished by Executive Order 9139 of April 18, 1942, are hereby transferred to the Department of Labor and shall be administered under the supervision, di rection, and control of the Secretary of Labor.
b All of the functions of the Chair man of the War Manpower Commission, exclusive of so much thereof as relates to the functions of the Procurement and Assignment Service transferred by para graph 5 of this order, are transferred to the Secretary of Labor.
c The War Manpower Commission is hereby terminated.
d In order to maintain the essential coordination of public employment serv ice and unemployment compensation functions and to avoid any necessity for establishing duplicate public employ ment office facilities, the Department of Labor is directed to provide for making available to agencies charged with the administration of unemployment com pensation laws such services, informa tion, and facilities by the United States Employment Service as the Secretary of Labor shall find not inconsistent with the purposes of this order. To the extent that Federal funds under the jurisdiction of the Social Security Board are involved in the effectuation of this section, serv ices, information, and facilities shall be furnished only when, and to the extent that the Social Security Board shall approve.
2. a The National War Labor Board, established by Executive Order 9017 of January 12, 1942, and all of its func tions, officers, employees, records, prop erty, and funds are hereby transferred
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to the Department of Labor and shall, except as otherwise provided in this or THE PRESIDENT
der, be administered under the super vision, direction, and control of the Sec E x e c u t iv e O r d e r s :

Page retary of Labor.
Civil Service rules, amendment b The National War Labor Board in to list o f excepted p o sitio n s- 11931
the Department of Labor shall be in all D e p artm en t o f L a b o r , tra n s fe r respects subject to and governed by such to o f certain agencies an d policies, consistent with law, as the Sec functions--------------------- 11929
retary of Labor shall prescribe; and so Puerto. Rico Reconstruction Ad much of the functions of the Board as is ministration ; appointment required to effectuate this subsection is of Administrator------------11931
transferred to the Secretary of Labor.
The provisions of this section notwith _ REGULATIONS AND NOTICES
standing, decisions made by the National A g r ic u l t u r e D e p a r t m e n t . See also War Labor Board in individual cases Rural Electrification Admin brought before it pursuant to law shall istration.
not be subject to modification by the Sec Fluid milk and cream conserva retary of Labor but shall have the same degree of finality as existed prior to the tion and distribution WFO
issuance of this order.
79-55, partial termina 3. a The Retraining and Réemployé tio n ---------------------------- 11931
ment Administration, established by sec A l i e n P r o p e r t y C u s t o d ia n :
tion 301 of the War Mobilization and Re Vesting orders, etc.:conversion Act of 1944, and all of its Ernst, Dora, et al---------------- 11945
functions, officers, employees, records, Fischer, William H -------------- 11945
property, and funds are hereby trans Getty, Sarah C-------------------11946
ferred to the Department of Labor and Hauptman, Bertha-------------- 11946
shall be administered under the super Kimbel, Richard M ------------- 11946
vision, direction, and control of the Sec Kurzman, Ferdinand------------ 11947
retary of Labor.
Leefers, Richard______________11947
b The functions of the Director of Liebetrut, Edward J------------- 11948
War Mobilization and Reconversion re Rothschild, Jacob--------11948
lating to the Retraining and Reemploy Tada, Manzaburo-------------- 11948
ment Administration are hereby trans Washauer, Sidney---------------- 11949
ferred to the Secretary of Labor.
C i v i l S e r v ic e C o m m is s io n :
4. a The Secretary of Labor may Nonclassified positions excepted perform the functions transferred to him from examination; private by this order through such officials, per secretary to executive as sons, or agencies and in such manner as sistant to Postmaster Gen he shall determine.
b The United States Employment eral_______________________ 11931
Service and all functions in the Depart War service regulations; war re ment of Labor relating to employment employment list-------------- 11931
service, the National War Labor Board C oast G u a r d :
and its functions, and the Retraining Allotments of seamen, wages and Reemployment Administration and upon which based------------- 11943
its functions shall be administered as Protection of waterfront facil organizational entities within the De ities; rescission of regula partment of Labor. All other functions tions______________________ 11943
transferred to the Department of Labor Security of ports and control of by this order shall be administered, and vessels in navigable waters the internal staff and service activities of United States; rescission relating to the aforesaid agencies may be of security regulations for administered, by such agencies in the vessels in port---------------- 11943
Department of Labor as the Secretary Continued on p. 11931

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