Executive Order 9138—Providing Further for the Administration of the Requisitioning of Property Required for the Prosecution of the War

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, and particularly by Title VI of the Second War Powers Act, 1942 (Public Law 507, 77th Congress), as President of the United States, and in order to secure the use oi the resources of the country in the most effective manner for the successful prosecution of the war, it is hereby ordered as follows:

1. In addition to the authority conferred upon the Chairman of the War Production Board and the heads of certain departments and agencies by Executive Order No. 8942 of November 19, 1941, and Executive Order No. 9040 of January 24, 1942, such officials shall exercise in the manner provided in such Executive orders the authority conferred by Title VI of the Second War Powers Act, 1942, except that the determination described in paragraph 4 b (4) of Executive Order No. 8942 shall not be required.

2. Paragraph 4 b (4) of Executive Order No. 8942 of November 19, 1941, is hereby revoked.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
April 17, 1942.