White House Press Release, Executive Order Number 9643

335 RELEASE OCTOBER 19, 1945 EXECUTIVE ORDER 9643 TRANSFERRING CERTAIN PERSONNEL, RECORDS, PROPERTY, AND FUNDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMHERCE, WITH RESPECT TO SURPLUS PROPERTY, TO THE RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Statutes, including Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941, and as President of the United States, and consonant with the designation of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation by the Surplus Property Administrator pursuant to the provisions of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended, as the disposal agency for certain categories of surplus property for which the Depart- ment of Commerce has heretofore been the disposal agency, it is hereby ordered, effective as of the opening of business November KRUMCD NARA 5, 1945, that the Office of Surplus Property in the Department of Commerce is hereby terminated, and that all personnel, records, property, contracts, obligations, and funds of the Office, to- gether with so much of the other personnel, records, property, contracts, obligations, and funds of the Department of Commerce as relates primarily to the surplus property ,disposal functions placed under the Reconstruction Finance Corporation by the afore- said designation, are hereby transferred to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for use in connection with such functions. Such measures and dispositions as may be determined by the Direc- tor of the Bureau of the Budget to be necessary to effectuate the transfers and termination provided for in this order shall be carried out in such manner as the Director may direct and by such agencies as he may designate. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE October 19, 1945 (OVER)