Executive Order 9437—Revocation of Executive Order No. 9165, Providing for the Protection of Essential Facilities from Sabotage and Other Destructive Acts

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States as President and as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Executive Order No. 9165 of May 19, 1942, providing for the protection of essential facilities from sabotage and other destructive acts, is hereby revoked.

This order shall not be deemed to terminate any facility security functions of the War Department nor to preclude any necessary cooperative arrangement with respect to facility security between the War Department and any agency named in paragraph 3 of the said Executive Order No. 9165.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
April 18, 1944.