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Beginning in early 1937, President Roosevelt sent to Congress a
series of messages and proposals regarding reorganization of the Executive
Branch. He probably had many agendas, but one was to reduce the number
of agencies reporting directly to him. His years in office, and the growing
burdens of preparing for a world on the brink of war, caused him to search
for ways to lessen the demands on his time. The Reorganization Act of
1939 authorized the President to devise a plan to reorganize the Executive.
As part of this Plan No. 1, the President created a new Cabinet agency,
the Federal Security Agency, and placed the Social Security Board under
its jurisdiction.
Reorganization Plan No. 1 - 1939
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www.socialsecurity.gov
