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Office for Emergency Management
Agency overview
FormedMay 25, 1940 (1940-05-25)
Preceding
DissolvedNovember 30, 1944 (1944-11-30)
Superseding agencies
  • liquidated to: Procurement Division at Treasury, CSC, OWI, Public Buildings Administration
  • similar later agencies: Economic Stabilization Agency (Korean War)
  • Office of Emergency Preparedness (Nixon administration)
  • FEMA (current day)
  • JurisdictionUnited States Government
    HeadquartersWashington, D.C.
    Parent agencyExecutive Office of the President
    Child agencies
  • Office of Economic Stabilization
  • Office of Production Management, War Manpower Commission, War Shipping Administration, War Relocation Authority, Office of Defense Transportation, Office of Facts and Figures, Office of Scientific Research and Development
  • Supply Priorities and Allocations Board, Office of Alien Property Management, Foreign Economic Administration
  • War Production Board, Office of Civilian Defense, Office of Temporary Controls, Committee on Fair Employment Practice
  • Office of Economic Warfare, Office of War Mobilization, Office of War Information
  • The Office for Emergency Management (OEM) was an office within the Executive Office of the United States President. It was established by administrative order, May 25, 1940, in accordance with executive order EO 8248, September 8, 1939. [citation needed]

    The office functioned to assist the President in clearing information on defense measures. It maintained liaison with national defense agencies and coordinated the national defense program.[citation needed]

    The office was abolished progressively, with the Division of Information terminated by EO 9182, June 13, 1942; liaison functions terminated with resignation of Liaison Officer for Emergency Management (the OEM director), November 3, 1943; and Division of Central Administrative Affairs abolished, effective November 30, 1944, by EO 9471, August 25, 1944, with the Department of the Treasury named as liquidator.[citation needed]

    Successor agencies[edit]

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "The Papers of (Albert) Wayne Coy". FDR Presidential Library and Museum.
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