Executive Order 8559—Designating Colonel Lewis B. Hershey To Perform Certain Duties Under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940
Under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 (Public No. 783, 76th Congress), it is hereby ordered that pending the appointment of a Director of Selective Service under the provisions of section 10 (a) (3) of the said Act, Lieutenant Colonel Lewis B. Hershey, Field Artillery, United States Army, be, and he is hereby, designated, authorized, and empowered—
(1) To perform all duties in connection with the administration of the Selective Service law prescribed in paragraph 119, Section III, Volume One (Organization and Administration) of the Selective Service Regulations.
(2) To appoint necessary members of local boards, local board physicians, government appeal agents, and members of appeal boards, provided for in Sections V and VI, Volume One (Organization and Administration) of the Selective Service Regulations.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
The White House,
October 4, 1940.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 8559—Designating Colonel Lewis B. Hershey To Perform Certain Duties Under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/371966