Franklin D. Roosevelt

Executive Order 6207—Continuing in Effect the Authority Delegated to the Secretary of Agriculture by Executive Order No. 6182

July 21, 1933

Nothing in my Executive Order dated July 15, 1933, supplementing my Executive Order dated June 16, 1933, appointing Hugh S. Johnson to be the Administrator under Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, shall be or be deemed to be in modification or derogation of my Executive Order dated June 26, 1933, reading as follows:

"Pursuant to the authority vested in me by Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of Agriculture all the functions and powers (other than the determination and administration of provisions relating to hours of labor, rates of pay, and other conditions of employment) vested in me by said Title I of said Act with respect to trades, industries or subdivisions thereof engaged principally in the handling of milk and its products, tobacco and its products, and all foods and foodstuffs, subject to the requirements of Title I of said Act, but reserving to me the power to approve or disapprove of the provisions of any code of fair competition entered into in accordance with Title I of said Act. This order is to remain in effect until revoked by me.";

and such Executive Order of June 26, 1933, shall, notwithstanding such Order of July 15, 1933, be and remain in full force and effect.

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
July 21, 1933.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 6207—Continuing in Effect the Authority Delegated to the Secretary of Agriculture by Executive Order No. 6182 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/362027

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