Executive Order 7606—Designating the Chairman of the United States Maritime Commission
April 16, 1937
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 201(a) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (49 Stat. 1985), I hereby designate Joseph P. Kennedy as Chairman of the United States Maritime Commission.
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
The White House,
April 16, 1937.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 7606—Designating the Chairman of the United States Maritime Commission Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/368945