Report of the Select Committee to Investigate Executive Agencies. Eighth Intermediate Report of the Select Committee ... Pursuant to H. Res. 88 to Investigate Executive Agencies. Investigation of Reconversion Policy of Office of Price Administration. October 22, 1945. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and Ordered to be Printed

This document is an official government publication issued by the United States House of Representatives in the immediate aftermath of World War II. Published on October 22, 1945, the report represents the work of the Select Committee to Investigate Acts of Executive Agencies Beyond the Scope of Their Authority. Its primary objective was to scrutinize the reconversion policies of the Office of Price Administration, an agency tasked with price controls during the war, as the nation transitioned back to a peacetime economy.

The report is typical of mid-century Congressional documentation, utilizing a standardized, utilitarian layout designed for accessibility by members of the legislature and legal researchers. Produced by the Government Printing Office, these interim reports were instrumental in shaping the legislative oversight of the era. The committee's investigations into executive overreach and the efficacy of economic regulations were viewed at the time as essential checks on the significant expansion of administrative power that had occurred during the conflict.