White House Press Release, Message from President Harry S. Truman to the United States Congress
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HOLD FOR RELEASE
HOLD FOR RELEASE
HOLD FOR RELEASE
May 16, 1946
CONFIDENTIAL: To be held in S-TRICT CONFIDENCE and no portion,
synopsis or intimation to be given out or published until the READING
of the President's Message has begun in either the Senate or House
of Representatives. Extreme care must therefore be exercised to avoid
premature publication.
CHARLES G. ROSS
Secretary to the President
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
I transmit herewith Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1946,
prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Reorganization Act
of 1945.
The Plan contains reorganizations affecting a number of
departments and establishments. Some continue on a permanent basis
changes made by Executive order under authority of the First ar
Powers Act. A few make adjustments in the distribution of functions
among agencies. The remainder deal with problems of organization
within individual agencies. All are concerned with improving and
simplifying particular phases of Government adminstration.
NARA
Each proposal is explained in more detail under the
appropriate heading below.
I have found, after investigation, that each reorganization
contained in the Plan is necessary to accomplish one or more of the
purposes set forth in section 2(a) of the Reorganization.Act of 1945.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
The functions of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and
Navigation were transferred from the Department of Commerce to the
Coast Guard and the Bureau of Customs in 1942 by Executive order
under the First War Powers Act. This arrangement has been proved
successful by the experience of the pest four years. Part I of
the
Reorganization Plan continues the arrangement on a permanent basis.
and
United States Coast Guard
The principal functions of the Bureau of Marine Inspection
and Navigation were those of the inspection of vessels and their
equipment, the licensing and certificating of officers and seamen,
and related functions designed to safeguard the safety of life and
property at sea. Thus these functions are related to the regular
activities and general purposes of the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard
administered them successfully during the tremendous expansion of
wartime shipping, by virtue of improvements in organization and
program; many of which ought to be continued.
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