Executive Order 8799

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes. and in order to provide for a wider and more effective functioning of the Volunteer Participation Committee of not more than twenty members established in the Office of Civilian Defense within the Office for Emergency Management of the Executive Office of the President by paragraph 5 of Executive Order No. 8757 of May 20, 1941, the said paragraph is hereby amended to provide that the Volunteer Participation Committee shall consist of not more than forty-five members.

, June 20, 1941.