The First Hoover Commission

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The end of the Roosevelt tenure as President and the close of World War II came within months during the year 1945. The new President, Harry S. Truman, assumed the office with the definite opinion that his predecessor had not been a particular good manager. Truman's first concern was to achieve an orderly reconversion of the economy from a war to a peacetime basis. He believed, at least initially, that substantial reorganization would be necessary. Throughout 1946, Republican Congressman Clarence Brown studied previous efforts to reorganize the executive branch. In order to accomplish the purposes set forth in the legislation, the Commission was empowered to hold hearings, administer oaths of witnesses, and every executive agency was directed to furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics as might be properly requested by the chairman and vice chairman. Compensation for members was stipulated in the Act.

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