Executive Order 8191—Placing the Goethals Memorial Commission Under the Jurisdiction and Control of the War Department
July 05, 1939
Under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of August 24, 1935, c. 636, 49 Stat. 743, the Goethals Memorial Commission, appointed by me under the authority of the said Act, is hereby placed under the jurisdiction and control of the War Department, its functions to be performed under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of War.
This order shall become effective on July 1, 1939.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
The White House,
July 5, 1939.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 8191—Placing the Goethals Memorial Commission Under the Jurisdiction and Control of the War Department Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/371854