Franklin D. Roosevelt

Executive Order 6209—Redistribution of the Overbalance of Population in Industrial Centers by Means of Making Loans for and Otherwise Aiding in the Purchase of Subsistence Homesteads

July 21, 1933

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to encourage national industrial recovery, to foster fair competition, and to provide for the construction of certain useful public works, and for other purposes," approved June 16, 1933 (Public No. 67, 73d Congress), in order to effectuate the intent and purpose of the Congress as expressed in Section 208 under Title II thereof, I hereby authorize the Secretary of the Interior to exercise all the powers vested in me, for the purpose of administering all the provisions of Section 208 under Title II of said Act, including full authority to designate and appoint such agents, to set up such boards and agencies, and to make and promulgate such regulations as he may deem necessary or desirable.

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
July 21, 1933.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 6209—Redistribution of the Overbalance of Population in Industrial Centers by Means of Making Loans for and Otherwise Aiding in the Purchase of Subsistence Homesteads Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/208785

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