White House Press Release, Message from President Harry S. Truman to the United States Congress
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May 16, 1946
CONFIDENTIAL: To be held in STRICT 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. 1 of 1946, pre-
pared in accordance with the provisions of the Reorganization Act of
1945.
In my message to the Congress of May 24, 1945, requesting
passage of a reorganization act, I stated that an important purpose
of the act would be to permit making permanent certain of the reorgani-
zation actions taken by Executive order under the authority of Title I
of the First War Powers Act, 1941, 55 Stat. 838. The effect of this
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Reorganization Plan would be, in the main, to continue in force some
of the reorganization actions now in effect by virtue of Executive
orders. The reorganization actions continued in force by this Plan all
constitute improvements in the organization of permanent functions of
the Government or functions which may be expected to be active after
the expiration of Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941. Those
improvements should, therefore, be made permanent under the procedure
established in the Reorganization Act of 1945.
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.
Each Part of the Reorganization Plan is explained in further detail
below.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
The first Part of the Plan provides for the transfer of
certain functions to the Department of State, and imposes certain
liquidation duties on that Department.
Office of Inter-American Affairs
Executive Order No. 8840 of July 30, 1941 established the
Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. Throughout the
war period this Office (later redesignated the Office of Inter-
American Affairs) played a major role in the development of better re-
lations among the American Ropublics. In accordance with the general
realignment of the functions and organization of wartime agencies in
the international field, this Office was abolished and certain re-
maining functions were transferred to the Secretary of State by
Executive Order No. 9710 of April 10, 1946. This Plan confirms
this transfer, providing specifically for the direction by the
Secretary of State of the activities of certain corporations
formerly headed by the Director of the Office of Inter-American
Affairs.
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