By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Statutes, including Title I of the First War Powers Act. 1941, and as President of the United Staten, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. The fiscal functions performed by the Division of Central Administrative Services of the Office for Emergency Management with respect to the Office of Price Administration and the War Production Board in the District of Columbia and in the field (including but not limited to appropriation and allotment accounting, payroll preparation and administrative examination, certification and scheduling of vouchers, but not including procurements are transferred to the Office of Price Administration and the War Production Board, respectively 2. The function of recruitment of personnel in the field, performed by the said Division with respect to the Office for Emergency Management, the constituent agencies thereof, and the Office of Price Administration, is transferred to the United States Civil Service Commission. 3. The function of classification of field positions which are subject to the grades and schedules of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, performed by the said Division with respect to the Office for Emergency Management, the constituent agencies thereof, and the Office of Price Administration, is transferred to the United States Civil Service Commission and shall be exercised in accordance with the following requirements: (a) The Civil Service Commission shall promulgate standards for the proper classification of field positions in accordance with the grades and salaries prescribed by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. (b) The heads of the Office for Emergency Management, its constituent agencies, and the Office of Price Administration shall each, acting through his designated representatives, (1) allocate field positions in his agency to appropriate position classes in accordance with the standards promulgated by the Civil Service Commission, and (2) refer to the Commission for allocation such field positions as are not covered by the standards promulgated by the Commission. (c) The Civil Service Commission shall (1) make necessary post audits to verify conformity of allocations with the standards promulgated by the Commission, and (2) report any erroneous allocations to the head of the agency concerned for correction or satisfactory explanation. 4. There is transferred, for use in connection with the functions transferred by this order, to the respective agencies to which such functions are transferred, so much, as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall determine, (a) of the personnel, records, and property (including office equipment) used in the administration of the functions so transferred, and (b) of the unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds available for the administration of the functions so transferred. In determining the sums to be transferred the said Director may include amounts to provide for the liquidation of obligations previously incurred against such balances of appropriations, allocations or other funds. 5. The transfers provided for in the foregoing paragraphs shall be effective on such date or dates as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall designate. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, April 16, 1943.
Executive Order 9330—Transfer of Certain Central Administrative Services of the Office for Emergency Management
Executive Brief • At a Glance
The fiscal functions performed by the Division of Central Administrative Services of the Office for Emergency Management with respect to the Office of Price Administration and the War Production Board in the District of Columbia and in the field (including but not limited to appropriation and allotment accounting, payroll preparation and administrative examination, certification and scheduling of vouchers, but not including procurements are transferred to the Office of Price Administration and the War Production Board, respectively 2.
Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis
Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.
Signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 16, 1943, this order concerns Transfer of Certain Central Administrative Services of the Office for Emergency Management. The fiscal functions performed by the Division of Central Administrative Services of the Office for Emergency Management with respect to the Office of Price Administration and the War Production Board in the District of Columbia and in the field (including but not limited to appropriation and allotment accounting, payroll preparation and administrative examination, certification and scheduling of vouchers, but not…
Key Directives & Operative Actions
The fiscal functions performed by the Division of Central Administrative Services of the Office for Emergency Management with respect to the Office of Price Administration and the War Production Board in the District of Columbia and in the field (including but not limited to appropriation and allotment accounting, payroll preparation and administrative examination, certification and scheduling of vouchers, but not including procurements are transferred to the Office of Price Administration and the War Production Board, respectively 2.
The function of recruitment of personnel in the field, performed by the said Division with respect to the Office for Emergency Management, the constituent agencies thereof, and the Office of Price Administration, is transferred to the United States Civil Service Commission. 3.
The function of classification of field positions which are subject to the grades and schedules of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, performed by the said Division with respect to the Office for Emergency Management, the constituent agencies thereof, and the Office of Price Administration, is transferred to the United States Civil Service Commission and shall be exercised in accordance with the following requirements: (a) The Civil Service Commission shall promulgate standards for the proper classification of field positions in accordance with the grades and salaries prescribed by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended.
The heads of the Office for Emergency Management, its constituent agencies, and the Office of Price Administration shall each, acting through his designated representatives, (1) allocate field positions in his agency to appropriate position classes in accordance with the standards promulgated by the Civil Service Commission, and (2) refer to the Commission for allocation such field positions as are not covered by the standards promulgated by the Commission.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
Policy Areas & Topics
The Framers' Constitutional Council
1787 PrismEvaluating this order against the constitutional debates of 1787 and the limits of Article II executive power.
"When the President acts in absence of either a congressional grant or denial of authority, he can only rely upon his own independent powers, but there is a zone of twilight in which he and Congress may have concurrent authority."
James Madison
Separation of Powers & Legislative Primacy
"Power is of an encroaching nature, and it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it." — Federalist No. 48 (1788)
Madison would view this order with watchful scrutiny. Operating in the 'Zone of Twilight' where Congress is silent, each such directive establishes an administrative precedent that steadily expands the executive perimeter at the expense of legislative primacy.
Alexander Hamilton
The Energetic Executive & Unified Command
"The direction of war implies the direction of the common strength; and the power of directing and employing the common strength must be under the direction of the single hand of the Executive." — Federalist No. 74 (1788)
Hamilton would forcefully champion executive discretion here. For foreign entanglements, commerce defense, and national security, deliberative assemblies are too slow and faction-ridden. A unified, energetic Executive exercising swift command is precisely what the Philadelphia Convention intended for national preservation.
George Mason
Bill of Rights, Due Process & 10th Amendment
"The president will be surrounded by flatterers and sycophants... and the great powers of the executive will gradually absorb the liberties of the people." — Cato IV (Anti-Federalist, 1787)
The Anti-Federalist prism advises continuous democratic vigilance. Even routine administrative directives aggregate centralized federal power away from town halls and state assemblies toward a distant executive apparatus.
Five Measurable "Constitutional Friction" Dimensions
An objective audit measuring potential separation-of-powers tension against the United States Constitution and established Supreme Court doctrine.
Legislative Encroachment & Purse
Administers commerce or fiscal programs requiring ongoing statutory delegation and legislative oversight.
Executive Scope & Faithfulness
Directs internal executive branch machinery, agency workflows, and federal personnel.
Federalism & State Sovereignty
Engages state and local partners in cooperative federalism programs.
Due Process & Individual Rights
Focuses on internal governmental operations with no direct impairment of private rights or property.
Youngstown Jacksonian Tier
The order relies on inherent Article II executive discretion, civil service management, or foreign diplomacy where Congress has neither expressly approved nor prohibited action.
This order operates within Justice Jackson’s Zone of Twilight, resting upon concurrent presidential authority or congressional silence.
Referenced By Later Executive Orders (1)
Subsequent presidents who cited, amended, continued, or revoked this directive in later orders.
Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 9330 (Apr. 16, 1943), https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9330-transfer-certain-central-administrative-services-the-office-for.