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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 7. februar 1942 / Time Line February 7, 1942
Version 3.56. Februar 1942, 8. Februar 1942
02/07/1942
War Shipping Administration Established by President Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Executive Order No. 9054. February 7, 1942
BY VIRTUE of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
statutes of the United Stares, including the First War Powers Act,
1941, approved December 18, 1941, as President of the United States
and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, and in order to assure
the most effective utilization of the shipping of the United States
for the successful prosecution of the war, it is hereby
ordered:
1. There is established within the Office for Emergency Management
of the Executive Office of the President a War Shipping
Administration under the direction of an Administrator who shall be
appointed by and responsible to the President.
2. The Administrator shall perform the following functions and
duties:
(a) Control the operation, purchase, charter, requisition. and use
of all ocean vessels under the flag or control of the United
States, except
(1) combatant vessels of the Army, Navy, and Coast Guard; fleet
auxiliaries of the Navy; and transports owned by the Army and Navy;
and
(2) vessels engaged in coastwise, intercoastal, and inland
transportation under the control of the Director of the Office of
Defense Transportation.
(b) Allocate vessels under the flag or control of the United States
for use by the Army, Navy, other Federal departments and agencies,
and the Governments of the United Nations.
(c) Provide marine insurance and reinsurance against loss or damage
by the risks of war as authorized by Title II of the Merchant
Marine Act, 1936, as amended.
(d) Establish the conditions to be complied with as a condition to
receiving priorities and other advantages as provided in Public Law
173, 77th Congress, approved July 14, 1941.
(e) Represent the United States Government in dealing with the
British Ministry of War Transport and with similar shipping
agencies of Nations allied with the United States in the
prosecution of the war, in matters related to the use of
shipping.
(f) Maintain current data on the availability of shipping in being
and under construction and furnish such data on request to the
Departments of War and the Navy, and other Federal departments and
agencies concerned with the import or export of war materials and
commodities.
(g) Keep the President informed with regard to the progress made in
carrying out this Order and perform such related duties as the
President shall from time to time assign or delegate to him.
3. The functions, duties, and powers conferred by law upon the
United States Maritime Commission with respect to the operation,
purchase, charter, insurance, repair, maintenance, and requisition
of vessels, and the issuance of warrants with respect thereto,
under the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 as amended, 49 Stat. 1985,
Public Law No. 101, 77th Congress, approved June 6, 1941, and
Executive Order No. 8771 issued pursuant thereto, Public Law No.
173, 77th Congress, approved July 14, 1941, are hereby transferred
to the Administrator; and such part of existing personnel of the
United States Maritime Commission together with such records and
public property as the Administrator may deem necessary to the full
exercise of his functions and duties prescribed by this Order are
hereby assigned to the War Shipping Administration.
4. Vessels under the control of the War Shipping Administration
shall constitute a pool to be allocated by the Administrator for
use by the Army, Navy, other Federal departments and agencies, and
the Governments of the United Nations. In allocating the use of
such vessels, the Administrator shall comply with strategic
military requirements...
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