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Executive Order 9139

Establishing the War Manpower Commission in the Executive Office of the President and Transferring and Coordinating Certain Functions To Facilitate the Mobilization and Utilization of Manpower

Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on April 18, 1942.

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Signed recordApril 18, 1942

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Publication record7 FR 2919

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Power & Politics. (2026, October 27). Executive Order 9139: Establishing the War Manpower Commission in the Executive Office of the President and Transferring and Coordinating Certain Functions To Facilitate the Mobilization and Utilization of Manpower [Executive order record]. Retrieved October 28, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-9139

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Power & Politics. "Executive Order 9139: Establishing the War Manpower Commission in the Executive Office of the President and Transferring and Coordinating Certain Functions To Facilitate the Mobilization and Utilization of Manpower." Last modified October 27, 2026. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-9139.

BibTeX
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  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 9139: Establishing the War Manpower Commission in the Executive Office of the President and Transferring and Coordinating Certain Functions To Facilitate the Mobilization and Utilization of Manpower}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-9139}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-9139; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1942.html; last checked October 27, 2026; accessed October 28, 2026}
}
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These notes list later amendments, revocations, replacing orders, or other Federal Register action.

See EO 9243, September 12, 1942; EO 9247, September 17, 1942; EO 9279, December 5, 1942; EO 9332, April 19, 1943; EO 9617, September 19, 1945

The National Archives records of later actions cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.

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