Administrative Order of May 25, 1940

 I find there is a threatened national emergency;

, By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the Statutes, and in pursuance of Part I of Executive Order No. 8248 of September 8, 1939, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1.  There is established in the Executive Office of the President an office to be known as the Office for Emergency Management which shall be under the direction of one of the Administrative Assistants to the President, to be designated by the President.

Section 2.  The Office for Emergency Management shall:

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May 25, 1940.

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