Executive Order 8619—Designating the Director of Selective Service To Perform Certain Functions and 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), the Director of Selective Service is hereby designated, authorized, and empowered to perform all of the functions and duties vested in the President by the said Act that relate to appeals from the determinations of boards of appeal. The provisions of the Selective Service Regulations relating to such appeals are modified accordingly.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
December 23, 1940.