Evening star., 1932-12-09
Text of Hoover's Reorganization Message

ferred from the War Department to
the Department of the Interior.
Land Utilization.
have established Division of
Land Utilization in the Department
OF Agriculture to include functions
whose major purpose relates to the
protection and utilization of land
and its inherent natural resources,
and have designated a change In
the title of the Assistant Secretary
to Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
for Land Utilization and have
transferred to that division the fol-
lowing organizations and functions:
/. The Forest Service, now in the
Department of Agriculture.
2. The General Land Office, which
is transferred from the Department
of the Interior to the Department
of Agriculture.
3. The administrative duties. pow
ers and functions of the Committee
on the Conservation and Administra-
ton of the Public Domain, which
are transferred to the Department
of Agriculture, and the committee
shall serve in an advisory capacity
to the Secretary of Agriculture.
4. The Advisory Council of the
National Arboretum. now in the De-
partment of Agriculture.
5. The Bureau of Biological Sur
vey, now in the Department Of Agri-
culture
6. The Bureau of Chemistry and
Soils. now in the Department of
Agriculture.
7. Various fractions of bureaus
already in the Department Of Agri-
culture dealing with this major pur-
pose will be subsequently added to
this general division.
The Merchant Marine.
I have established q Merchant
Marine Division in the Department
of Commerce and all Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Merchant
Marine, and have transferred to that
division the following organizations
and functions:
/. The Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey, now in the Department OF
Commerce.
2. The photographic ONCE Of the
Bureau of Navigation OF the Navy
Department to the Coast and Geo.
detic Survey.
3. The Survey Of Northern and
Northwestern Lakes of the Office of
the Chief of Engineers of the War
Department to the Coast and Geo.
detic Survey.
4. The Bureau of Navigation and
Steamboat Inspection, now in the
Department of Commerce.
S. The Supervisor of New York
Harbor of the Office of the Chief Of
Engineers of the War Department
and the powers and duties of said
supervisor to the Bureau of Naviga-
ton and Steamboat Inspection.
8. The Naval Observatory Of the
Bureau of Navigation of the Navy
Department, with the exception of
those activities that have to do with
the development, maintenance, and
repair of instruments for the Navy,
to the Department of Commerce.
Z. The United States Shipping
Board Merchant Fleet Corporation
to the Department Of Commerce.
g. The Inland Waterways Corpo-
ration of the War Department to
the Department of Commerce.
g. The Bureau of Lighthouses,
now in the Department of Com
merce.
Commerce and Industry.
I have transferred to the Depart
ment of Commerce or the bureaus
thereof, as indicated, the following
organizations and functions which
involve services in the interest of
commerce and industry:
. /. The powers and duties Of the
Federal Oil Conservation Board to
the Bureau of Mines, and the said
board is abolished
2. The administrative duties,
powers, and authority of the Ma
tional Screw Thread Commission to
the Bureau of Standards, and the
commission shall serve in an ad-
visory capacity to the Secretary of
Commerce.
3. The administrative duties, pow
ers, and functions Of the National
Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
to the Bureau of Standards, and the
committee shall serve in an advisory
capacity to the Secretary of Com
merce.
a. The Weather Bureau of the De-
partment of Agriculture to the De-
partment of Commerce.
Department Of Justice.
I have transferred TO and consoli-
dated with the Department of JUS
tice the powers, duties, and functions
of the alien property custodian, and
the powers and duties now exercised
by the Veterans Administration
which relate to the defense In court
of cases involving litigation arising
under section 10 of the World War
Veterans Act of 1924, as amended.
Department OF Labor.
have transferred to and con-
solidated with the Department of
Labor the powers and duties now
exercised by the Employees Compen-
sation Commission which relate to
the administration Of the long
shoremen's and harbor workers act
of March 4, 1927, and the act of