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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1934. ApPOINTING HENRY l\fORGENTHAU, JR. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION 1733 FebMlary 7,1934. WHEREAS William H. Woodin has tendered his resignation as Preamble. Director General of Railroads; and WHEREAS such resignation has been accepted, effective upon the qualification of his successor; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President JrHenry Morgenthau, of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority Appointed .Director vested in me by the unrepealed provisions of the Federal Control O~l}:f.a10t8,t :.a?ol. Act of March 21,1918 (ch. 25,40 Stat. 451), and the Transportation 41E':i~t1~edate Act, 1920 (ch. 91, 41 Stat. 456), do hereby appoint, effective the . seventh day of February, 1934, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury, as Director General of Railroads in the stead of the said William H. Woodin, and do hereby delegate to, and continue and confirm in him, all powers and authoritx_ heretofore ~f8nted to and now possessed by the said William H. Woodin as Director General of Railroads; and I do hereby authorize and direct the said Henry Mor~enthau, Jr., until otherwise provided by proclamation of the PreSIdent or by act of Congress, either personally or through sueh divisions, agencies, or persons as he may authorize, to exercise and perform, as fully in all respects as the President is authorized to do, all and sin~ular the powers and duties conferred or imposed upon me by the said unrepealed provisions of the Federal Control A(·t of March 21, 1918, and the said Transportation Act, 1920, except des- ignating the agent provided for in section 206 of said act. IN WITNESS \,VHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 7tb day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen llUndred anc! thirty-four, and of LSEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-eighth. }'RANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary oj State. [Ko. 20i4] DESIGNATING AND ApPOINTING HENRY l\{ORGENTHAU, JR., DJRI<:CTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS, AS THE AGENT PROVIDED Fon IN SECTION 206 OF THE TRANSPORTATION ACT, 1920 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLA~tATIOX WHEREAS by proclamation dated March 15, 1933, William H. 18"yansportation Act. Woodin, Director General of Railroads, was designated as the agent J,reamble. provided for in section 206 of the Transportation Act, 1920 (eh. 91, ~::~.f..:.1. 41 Stat. 461); and 'VHEREAS the said William H. Woodin, Director General of Railroads as aforesaid, has tendered his resignation as said agent,