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Executive Order No. 9417 Establishing a War Refugee Board
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9417
ESTABLISHING A WAR REFUGEE BOARD
WHEREAS it is the policy of this Government to take all measures within its
power to rescue the victims of enemy oppression who are in Imminent danger of
death and otherwise to afford such victims all possible relief and assistance
consistent with the successful prosecution of the war;
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the statutes of the United States, as President of the United States and as
Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, and in order to effectuate with all
possible speed the rescue and relief of such victims of enemy oppression, it is
hereby ordered as follows:
1. There is established in the Executive Office of the President a War Refugee
Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board). The Board shall consist of the
Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of War. The
Board may request the heads of other agencies or departments to participate in
its deliberations whenever matters specially affecting such agencies or
departments are under consideration.
2. The Board shall be charged with the responsibility for seeing that the
policy of the Government, as stated in the Preamble, is carried out . The
functions of the Board shall include without limitation the development of
plans and programs and the inauguration of effective measures for (a) the
rescue, transportation, maintenance and relief of the victims of enemy
oppression, and (b) the establishment of havens of temporary refuge for such
victims. To this end the Board, through appropriate channels, shall take the
necessary steps to enlist the cooperation of foreign governments and obtain
their participation in the execution of such plans and programs.
3. It shall be the duty of the State, Treasury and War Departments, within
their respective spheres, to execute at the request of the Board the plans and
programs so developed and the measures so inaugurated. It shall be the duty of
the heads of all agencies and departments to supply or obtain for the Board
such information and to extend to the Board such supplies, shipping and other
specified assistance and facilities as the Board may require in carrying out
the provisions of this Order. The State Department shall appoint special
attaches, with diplomatic status, on the recommendation of the Board, to be
stationed abroad in places where it is likely that assistance can be rendered
to war refugees the duties and responsibilities of such attaches to be defined
by the Board in consultation with the State Department.
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