Executive Order 7821—Designating the Chairman of the United States Maritime Commission
February 18, 1938
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 Emory S. Land as Chairman of the United States Maritime Commission.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
The White House,
February 18, 1938.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 7821—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/371790