Defense Health and Welfare Services, Office of Established by EO 8890 of
Sept. 3, 1941. Terminated by EO 9338 of Apr. 29, 1943, and functions
transferred to Federal Security Agency.
Executive Order 8890 Establishing the Office of Defense Health and Welfare
Services.
September 3, 1941
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the
United States, and in order to define further the functions and duties of the
Office for Emergency Management of the Executive Office of the President with
respect to the national emergency as declared by the President on May 27, 1941,
for the purpose of assuring adequate health and welfare services to meet needs
of the national defense program, it is hereby ordered:
1. The term "health and welfare services" as used in this Order means all health,
welfare, medical, nutrition, recreation, and related services including those aspects of
education under the jurisdiction of the Federal Security Agency.
2. There is established within the Office for Emergency Management of the
Executive Office of the President the Office of Defense Health and Welfare
Services, at the head of which the Federal Security Administrator shall serve as
Director. The Director shall discharge and perform his responsibilities and
duties under the direction and supervision of the President. The Director shall
receive no salary or other remuneration as such, but shall be entitled to actual
and necessary transportation, subsistence, and other expenses incidental to the
performance of his duties.
3. Subject to such policies, regulations, and directions as the President may from
time to time prescribe, the Office shall:
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Serve as the center for the coordination of health and welfare services made
available by the departments and agencies of the Federal Government, and other
agencies public and private, to meet the needs of State and local communities
arising from the defense program; and take necessary steps to secure the
cooperation of the appropriate Federal departments and agencies relative
thereto.
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Make available to States and localities, upon request, the services of
specialists in health and welfare activities to assist in the planning and
execution of such local and State programs.
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Study, plan, and encourage measures designed to assure the provision of
adequate defense health and welfare services to the citizens of the Nation
during the period of the emergency, and coordinate studies and surveys made by
Federal departments and agencies with respect to these fields.
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Keep the President informed with respect to progress made in carrying out
this Order; and perform such related duties as the President may from time to
time assign or delegate to it.
4. The Director may provide for the internal organization and management of the
Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services. He shall obtain the President's
approval for the establishment of the principal subdivisions of the Office and
the appointment of the heads thereof.
5. In the study of problems and in the discharge of its functions and responsibilities
it shall be the policy of the Office of Defense Health and
Welfare Services to collaborate with and to utilize, in so far as practicable,
the facilities and services of existing departments and agencies which perform
related functions. Furthermore, it shall be the policy of the Office of Defense
Health and Welfare Services in carrying out its functions and duties to work
with and through the State and local defense councils and other appropriate
State and local agencies, and in this connection to cooperate and work in
conjunction with the Office of Civilian Defense in its relationships with State
and local groups.
6. There shall be in the Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services a Health and
Medical Committee to consist of a Chairman to be appointed by the President, the Surgeon
General of the Army, the Surgeon General of the Navy, the Surgeon General of the United
States Public Health Service, the Chairman of the Committee on Medical Research of the
Office of Scientific Research and Development, and such others as the President may from
time to time determine. The Committee shall advise the Director regarding the health and
medical aspects of national defense exclusive of medical research and assist in the
coordination of health and medical activities affecting national defense. The members of
the Committee shall serve as such without compensation but shall be entitled to actual and
necessary transportation, subsistence, and other expenses incidental to the performance of
their duties.
7. The Director is authorized to appoint such advisory committees and subcommittees,
with respect to particular aspects of health, welfare, nutrition, recreation, and related
activities, as he may find necessary or desirable to assist him in the performance of his
duties. Such advisory committees may include representatives from Federal departments and
agencies, State and local governments, private organizations, and the public at large. The
members of advisory committees shall serve as such without compensation, but shall be
entitled to actual and necessary transportation, subsistence, and other expenses
incidental to the performance of their duties.
8. Within the limits of such funds as may be appropriated or allocated to the
Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services by the President, the Director may
employ necessary personnel and make provision for the necessary supplies,
facilities, and services through the Federal Security Agency. The Office of
Defense Health and Welfare Services may use such statistical, informational,
fiscal, personnel, and other general business services and facilities as may be
made available through the Office for Emergency Management.
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