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 1692 Mareb Ill, 1933. Preamble. PROCLAMATIONS, 1933. ApPOINTING WILLIAM H. ,\VOODIN DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS Ogden L. Mills has tendered his resignation as Director General of Railroads; and WHEREAS such resignation has been accepted effective upon the qualification of his successor; HAP-W!!lf~g !,~: Now, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the GfneralofRailrosds. United States of America, under and by virtue of the power and authority so vested in me under the Transportation Act of 1920, the Vol. 41 ,. p. 466; Vol. unrepealed provisions of the Federal Control Act of March 21 1918, 40, p. 41il, Vol. 39, p. d' ... ' 619. an the act entItled" AN ACT Makmg appropnatlOns for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and for other purposes," approved August 29, 1916, Etfeotive date. and of all other powers me hereto enabling, do hereby appoint, effective the 15th day of March, 1933, William H. Woodin, Secretary of the Treasury, to be Director General of Railroads in the stead of the said Ogden L. Mills, and do hereby delegate to and continue and confirm in him all powers and authority heretofore granted to and now possessed by the said Ogden L. Mills as Director General of Railroads; and do hereby authorize and direct the said William H. Woodin or his successor In office, until otherwise provided by procla- mation of the President or by act of Congress, either personally or through such divisions, agencies, or persons as he may authonze, to exercise and perform, as fully in all respects as the President is authorized to do, all and singular the powers and duties conferred or imposed upon me by the said unrepealed provisions of the Federal Control Act of March 21, 1918, and the said Transportation Act of February 28, 1920, except the designation of the agent under section 206 thereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 15th day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-three, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-seventh. By the President: CORDELL HULL SecretanJ oj State. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT [No. 2041] DESIGNATING AND ApPOINTING 'VILLIAM II. WOODIN, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS, AND HIS SCCCESSOIf. IN OFFICE, AS THE AGENT PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION 206 OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS ApPROVED FEBRl'ARY 28, 1920 BY THE PRESIDE!'lT OF THE rNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION PrTeamblrte. tl A t WHEREAS by Jroclamation dated February 12, 1932, Ogden L. ranspo a on c,. • • • 1920. Mills, DIrector eneral of RaIlroads, was deSIgnated as the agent l: :r: ~: :-Coo. provided for in section 206 of the Transportation Act, 1920; and