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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WEATHER BUREAU TOPICS AND PERSONNEL
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OCTOBER 1944
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INFORMATION
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PRESIDENT’S LETTER ON RECONVERSION
Tho following lettcr dntcd Soptomber 18, 1944, froin thc Prcsidont to
the Director of the Budget iR quoted for information of Weather Bureau
personnel on the plans of tho Oovcriiiiiont for reconvereion from war to
peacetime bn&. Tho Central Ofice is preparing the information
roquosted. It is believed that in inany respcots the Bureau% peacetime
functions will call for an incronsa in facilities in order to meet national
requirement8 in post-war air oomnierce and other new developmonk in
business and industry :
MY I)ICAIL MIL khIT1I :
Total war haa required a great oxpnnsion of (iovemmont activitiw, ngoiiciea, and
p~reonnel. Our eucceas on tho battle fronta all over the world bonr witness to the
effectiveness of oiir offorta.
Upon the torminiition of hostilitiee, we iiiust proceed with oyud vigor to liqui-
date war agencies and reconvert tho Government to peace. Soim wteys nlony thew
lines may be taken wlion tho fighting onde in 121irope. The transition from wnr to
pence should be carried forward rapidly, but with u minimuni of diwrder nnd die-
ruption. Only careful planning can achiove this god.
This is tlie tiino to do the plnnniiig, although the wut-oven in Europe-is not
Over. MoRt of tho planning will probnbly have to wait for execution riiitil the Jnps
hnvo surrendered, aiid thore ip no wng of tollitiR whnu that will happen. Rut the
Plnns should bo rendy.
In order t,htit I inay moet offectivefy fulflll my reaponeibilites RE Chiof Executive
in the donlobilisntio~~ period and muy pmnt appropriate recomniendntione to tho
congroan on the conversion of the Uovcrnmont agenciee, 1 nm neking you to
Wex~i~ni~~u tlie proprn~lis, organinntioii, nnd ~tudlng of Ciovorniiiolit ugoiicias mid
subinit to 1x10 trt tho oarlie& possiblo dab i~coinii~uiidstions for adjusting the Executive
Brnricli of tha Government from tho needs of war to tho ii~~ds of peace.
Such mconimendritiona ~hould include pliins for (1) the liquidation of wnr agencies
and tho renesigxirnent of such porrnenent or continuing Eonctiona ne they pos-
-8, (2) the reduction of Qovornnient pursoniiol to a peuco foot in^, und (3) the
~irnplificiition and ndiiptution of tho ndtiiinietrative structure to peaootime requirements.
In general, recommendntione should include the mothods for effoctilig the pro-
Weed clianges and the appropriate timing of these cliangos. Immedinte rrtbntion
should be focumd on tho adjustments needed upon the terninntion of the wur in
Europe.
Very ninceroly yours,
Honorable H~itom D. SY~TII,
Divertor,
Uurosu of tho Budpt,
Waehinghn, U. C.
(gignod) FRANKLIN 1). Ib.wHrvarr