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==Congressional concerns==
==Congressional concerns==
Congressional opposition to the domestic operations of the OWI resulted in increasingly curtailed funds, and by 1944 the OWI operated mostly in the foreign field. The agency was abolished in 1945, and its foreign functions were transferred to the [[Department of State]].
Congressional opposition to the domestic operations <ref>Study and Investigation of the Federal Communications Commission Part 1, House Select Committee Hearings 1943, 78th Congress 1st Session. SuDocs no. Y4.F31/4:F31/pt.1, Censorship, Executive Privilege, Loyalty Security Program. Several representatives from Short Wave Research, Inc. testified: Marya Blow, former pres. - p 1405; David F. Seiferheld, former Director and Treasurer, p.1484; and Bertram F. Willcox, former Director, p.1464. [http://radicalreference.info/node/314]</ref> of the OWI resulted in increasingly curtailed funds, and by 1944 the OWI operated mostly in the foreign field. The agency was abolished in 1945, and its foreign functions were transferred to the [[Department of State]].
Among its wide-ranging duties, OWI sought to review and approve the design and content of government posters.
Among its wide-ranging duties, OWI sought to review and approve the design and content of government posters.