Evening star., 1933-06-11
HHE Presidents executive order on
reorganization follows. in full:
Section /. Title: Procurement.
THE f,,nc+;or of determination

The function OF determlnatlol
4 of policies and methods Of pro-
curement, warehousing and distribu'
ton of property, facilities, structure
improvement, machinery, equipment
stores and supplies exercised by any
agency is transferred to a procurement
division in the Treasury Department
at the head of which shall be a direc-
tor of procurement.
The office of the supervising archltec'
of the Treasury Department is trans
ferred to the procurement division ex-
cept that the buildings of the Treasury
Department shall be administered by
the Treasury Department and the ad-
ministration of post Office buildings is
transferred to the Post Office Depart
ment. The General Supply Committee
of the Treasury Department Is abol-
iShed.
Provisions of Administration.
In respect of any kind of procure
ment or warehousing or distribution
any agency the procurement office may
with the approval of the President (a)
undertake the performance of such
procurement warehousing or distribu-
ton itself, or (b) permit such agency to
perform such procurement, warehous-
| ing or distribution, or Co entrust such
| performance to some other agency, or
| Id avail itself in part of any of these
resources, according as it may deem
| desirable in the interest of economy and
efficiency. When the procurement of
| flee has prescribed the manner of pro-
curement warehousing, or distribution
of anything, no agency shall thereafter
procure, warehouse or distribute such
thing in any manner other than so pre-
scribed.
The execution of work now performed
| by the Corps of Engineers of the Army
shall remain with said corps, subject to
the responsibilities herein vested in the
| procurement division.
The procurement Office shall also
have control of all property fa-
cilities, structures, machinery, equip
ment, stores and supplies not necessary
to the work of any agency; may have
custody thereof or entrust custody to
any other agency; and shall furnish
the same to this agency as need there
fore may arise.
The fuel yard of the Bureau of Mines
of the Department of Commerce is
transferred to the procurement Office.
Sterilization Board Abolished.
The Federal Employment Stabiliza-
ton Board is abolished, and its records
are transferred to the Federal Emer-
gency Administration of Public Works
if and when said administration Is au-
thorized and established.
Section 2. Title: National Parks,
Buildings and Reservations.
All functions of administration of
public buildings, reservations, national
parks, national monuments and national
cemeteries are consolidated in an office
of national parks, buildings and reser-
vations in the Department OF the In
terror, at the head of which shall be
director of national parks, buildings and
reservations; except that where deemed
desirable there may be excluded from
this provision any public building or
reservation which is chiefly employed
as facility in the work of particular
agency This transfer and consolida-
ton of functions shall include, among
others, those of the National Park Serv-
ice of the Department of the Interior
and the National Cemeteries and Parks
of the War Department which are 10
Gated within the continental limits of
the United States. National cemeteries
located in foreign countries shall be
transferred to the Department of State,
and those located in insular possessions
under the jurisdiction of the War De-
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Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War
Department.
Functions Transferred.
The functions of the following agen-
cies are transferred to the Office of Ma
tional Parks, Buildings and Reserva-
tions of the Department of the Interior
and the agencies are abolished:
Arlington Memorial Bridge Commis-
sion.
Public Buildings Commission.
Public Buildings and Public Parks of
the National Capital.
National Memorial Commission.
Rock Greek and Potomac Parkway
Commission.
Expenditures by the Federal Gov
ernment for the purposes of the Com
mission of Fine Arts, the George Rogers
Clark Sesquicentennial Commission and
the Rushmore National Commission
shall be administered by the Depart
ment of the Interior.
Dry Enforcement Changes.
Section 3. Title: Investigation.
All functions now exercised by the
Bureau of Prohibition of the Depart
ment of Justice, with respect to the
granting of permits under the national
DIOnlOlJlOTl laws, dIC ldIiolClACo w OAAC
Division of Internal Revenue IN the
Treasury Department.
All functions now exercised by the
Bureau of Prohibition with respect to
investigation and all the functions now
performed by the Bureau Of Investiga-
ton of the Department of Justice are
transferred to and consolidated in the
Division of Investigation in the Depart
ment of Justice, at the head of which
shall be a director of investigation.
All other functions now performed
by the Bureau of Prohibition are trans
ferred to such divisions in the Depart
ment of Justice as in the judgment of
the Attorney General may be desirable.
Section 4. Title: Disbursement.
The functions of disbursement of
monies of the United States exercised
in any agency is transferred to the
Treasury Department, and, together
that department, is consolidated in
division of disbursement, at the head
of which shall be a chief disbursing
officer.
The Division of Disbursement OF the
Treasury Department is authorized to
establish local offices or to delegate ex-
ercise of its functions locally to officers
or employees of other agencies, accord
| ing as the interests of efficiency and
economy may require.
The Division of Disbursement shall
disburse monies only upon certificates
Of officers by law duly authorized to in
cur obligations on behalf of the United
States. The functions of accountability
| for improper certification shall be
/ transferred to such persons, and no dis
bursting officer shall be held accountable
therefor.
| Claims Under Justice Department.
Section S. Title: Claims by or
| Against the United States.
The functions Of prosecuting in the
courts of the United States claims and
| demands by, and offenses against, the
| Government of the United States, and
of defending claims and demands