Executive Order 7900—Designating John Monroe Johnson and Richard C. Patterson, Jr., To Act as Secretary of Commerce

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 179 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (U.S.C., title 5, sec. 6), I hereby authorize and direct John Monroe Johnson, an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, to perform the duties of the Secretary of Commerce during the absence or sickness of the Secretary; and I hereby further authorize and direct Richard C. Patterson, Jr., an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, to perform the duties of the Secretary of Commerce during the absence or sickness of both the Secretary and Assistant Secretary Johnson.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
May 28, 1938.