Franklin D. Roosevelt

Executive Order 9253—Extension of the Provisions of Executive Order No. 9001 of December 27, 1941, to Contracts of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice

October 09, 1942

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Title II of the First War Powers Act, 1941, approved December 18, 1941 (Public Law 354, 77th Cong.), and as President of the United States, and deeming that such action will facilitate the prosecution of the war, I hereby extend the provisions of Executive Order No. 9001 of December 27, 1941, to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice, with respect to contracts made or to be made by it for the feeding and care of persons in the custody of such Service; and subject to the limitations and regulations contained in such Executive Order, I hereby authorize the Attorney General, and such other officers and employees as he may designate, to perform and exercise, as to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice, all the functions and powers vested in and granted to the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Chairman of the United States Maritime Commission by such Executive Order.

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
October 9, 1942.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 9253—Extension of the Provisions of Executive Order No. 9001 of December 27, 1941, to Contracts of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/209821

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