January 1940
5executive orders- 01EO 252Granting Authority to the Commissioner of the Census to Order and Approve the Publication of Census Reports
- 02EO 251Creating a Decoration to Be Known as the Medal of Honor and Prescribing Rules and Regulations for Its Award
- 03EO 250Creating a Committee to Make a Study of, and Recommend Ways and Means for the Organization of a Reservists Association
- 04EO 249Creating the National Trading Corporation
- 05EO 248Further Amending Executive Order No. 233, Dated November 8, 1939, Entitled “fixing the Maximum Selling Prices of Certain Articles of Prime Necessity”