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Organization of the Executive Branch of the National Government of the United States: Changes between July 16 and November 15, 19411

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

L. F. Schmeckebier
Affiliation:
The Brookings Institution

Extract

As in previous lists, mention is here confined generally to units specifically authorized by law or established by the President by executive order or reorganization plans under general authority vested in him. Changes in units created by heads of departments or independent establishments are excluded unless of major importance.

Coast Guard. Transferred from the Treasury Department to the Navy Department by Executive Order 8929 of November 1, 1941, under authority of the act of January 28, 1915 (38 Stat. 800). On April 7, 1917, the Coast Guard was transferred to the Navy by Executive Order 2587, and on August 28, 1919, it was returned to the Treasury Department by Executive Order 3160.

Type
American Government and Politics
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 1942

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References

1 Articles of this character appearing in the Review prior to 1940 are listed on page 1044 of the issue for December, 1939. Later articles have appeared in the issues for June and October, 1940, and February, June, and October, 1941.

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