at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee; and WHEREAS in my opinion such dispute threatens to result in a strike or lockout affecting a substantial part of an industry engaged in trade or commerce among the several States or with foreign nations, or in the production of goods for commerce, which strike or lock-out, if permitted to occur, will imperil the national safety: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 206 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (Public Law 101, 80th Congress), I hereby create a Board of Inquiry, consisting of such members as I shall appoint, to inquire into the issues involved in such dispute. The Board shall have powers and duties as set forth in Title II of the said Act. The Board shall report to the President in accordance with the provisions of section 206 of the said Act on or before March 19, 1948. Upon submission of its report, the Board shall continue in existence to perform such other functions as may be required under the said Act, until the Board is terminated by the President. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, March 5, 1948. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9934A CREATING A BOARD OF INQUIRY TO REPORT ON A LABOR DISPUTE AFFECTING THE MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES WHEREAS there exists a labor dispute between Swift and Company, Armour and Company, Wilson and Company, Cudahy Packing Company, Hygrade Food Products Corporation, and John Morrell and Company, and certain of their employees represented by the United Packinghouse Workers of America (C. I. O.) involving wages; and WHEREAS in my opinion such dispute threatens to result in a strike or lockout affecting a substantial part of the meat-packing industry, an industry engaged in trade or commerce among the several States or with foreign nations, or in the production of goods for commerce, which strike or lock-out, if permitted to occur, will imperil the national health and safety: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 206 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (Public Law 101, 80th Congress), I hereby create a Board of Inquiry, consisting of such members as I shall appoint, to inquire into the issues involved in such dispute. The Board shall have powers and duties as set forth in Title II of the said Act. The Board shall report to the President in accordance with provisions of section 206 of the said Act on or before April 1, 1948. Upon submission of its report, the Board shall continue in existence to perform such other functions as may be required under the said Act, until the Board is terminated by the President. THE WHITE HOUSE, HARRY S. TRUMAN March 15, 1948. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9935 DIRECTING THE TRANSFER OF CERTAIN VESSELS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ITALY By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including the Trading with the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 411), as amended, and the act of August 5, 1947, Public Law 370, 80th Congress, 1st Session, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. The Attorney General and the United States Maritime Commission are authorized and directed to transfer to the Government of Italy all right, title, interest, and possession of the United States, the Attorney General, cr the Maritime Commission in the following vessels, which were under Italian registry and flag on September 1, 1939: ELWOOD (ex. LACONIA) HERMITAGE (ex. CONTE BIANCAMANO) MOKATAN (ex. MAR GLAUCO) WHITE CLOVER (ex. MONFIORE) 2. The United States Maritime Commission is authorized and directed to designate 15 surplus Liberty ships and to transfer them to the Government of Italy, it having been determined by the Commission that 15 Liberty ships have a total tonnage approximately equal to the total tonnage of vessels under Italian registry and flag on September 1, 1939, and subsequently seized in United States ports and thereafter lost while being employed in the United States war effort. 3. The above transfers shall be made pursuant to agreements to be executed by the Attorney General or the United States Maritime Commission or both, as the case may require, acting on behalf of the United States, and by the Government of Italy, which agreements shall contain substantially the following provisions and such other provisions consistent with the act of August 5, 1947, as the Attorney General and the Maritime Commission, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall consider necessary and appropriate: (a) No monetary compensation shall be paid for the use by the United States or its agencies of former Italian vessels acquired or seized by the United States after September 1, 1939. (b) All costs incurred to return or transfer a vessel to the Government of Italy shall be borne or reimbursed by the Government of Italy. (c) The Government of Italy shall agree to discharge and save harmless the Government of the United States of America from any responsibility and liability for the processing, settlement and satisfaction of any claims to or against the vessels so transferred or the lost vessels in respect of which substitute vessels are transferred. (d) Prior to the removal of any vessel to be transferred from the custody, actual or constructive, of any court, the Government of Italy shall make or cause to be made arrangements, including the posting of a stipulation for value or other security in nature and amount satisfactory to such court, to secure the payment of any unpaid claims against the vessel. (e) Of the 15 surplus Liberty ships designated for transfer to the Government of Italy the Maritime Commission shall retain such number as will constitute security for the payment of such sums of money as the Attorney General may determine sufficient for the processing, settlement and satisfaction of any claims not otherwise secured to or against the lost vessels in respect of which the substitute ships are being transferred. (f) Delivery of the HERMITAGE (ex. CONTE BIANCAMANO) and MONTICELLO (ex. CONTE GRANDE) pursuant to this order shall be without prejudice to any rights of the Government of the United States, under existing agency agreements with the Government of Italy, with respect to (1) accounting for revenues of such vessels accruing prior to the date of delivery of such vessels pursuant to this order, and (2) the operation of the SS SATURNIA and SS VULCANIA, or either, in accordance with existing agreements between the United States and Italy. 4. The Liberty ships to be transferred to the Government of Italy shall be selected by the United States Maritime Commission, in consultation with the Government of Italy, such vessels to be operated by Italy for commercial use. Provision shall be made that such Liberty ships are to be operated under the Italian flag and shall not be sold to any person or corporation not a national of Italy, without the consent of the Government of the United States. 5. The Attorney General and the United States Maritime Commission shall act in consultation with the Secretary of State in carrying out the terms of this Executive order with all possible promptness in a manner which will effectuate the foreign policy of the United States to assist friendly and democratic European nations to rebuild their economies without delay. THE WHITE HOUSE, HARRY S. TRUMAN March 16, 1948. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9936 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE TERMINAL RAILROAD ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES WHEREAS a dispute exists between the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, a carrier, and certain of its employees represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, labor organizations; and WHEREAS this dispute has not heretofore been adjusted under the provi sions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended; and WHEREAS this dispute, in the judgment of the National Mediation Board, threatens substantially to interrupt interstate commerce to a degree such as to deprive a large portion of the country of essential transportation service: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U. S. C. 160), I hereby create a board of three members, to be appointed by me, to investigate said dispute. No member of the said board shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railway employees or any carrier. The board shall report its findings to the President with respect to the said dispute within thirty days from the date of this order. As provided by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, from this date and for thirty days after the board has made its report to the President, no change, except by agreement, shall be made by the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis or its employees in the conditions out of which the said dispute arose. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, March 18, 1948. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9937 AUTHORIZING THE AGENCIES PARTICIPATING IN THE PHILIPPINE REHABILITATION PROGRAM TO EXERCISE THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN THE PRESIDENT BY SECTION 4 OF THE PHILIPPINE PROPERTY ACT OF 1946 By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: The Commissioner of Public Roads of the Federal Works Agency, the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, the Philippine War Damage Commission, the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service of the Federal Security Agency, the United States Maritime Commission, the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior, and the Administrator of Civil Aero nautics, the Chief of the Weather Bureau, and the Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey of the Department of Commerce are hereby authorized, as to their respective agencies, to exercise the authority vested in the President by section 4 of the Philippine Property Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 419): Provided, that this authority shall be exercised only with respect to property located in the Philippines in the possession and control of the respective agencies and utilized in carrying out the provisions of Title III of the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 135). THE WHITE HOUSE, HARRY S. TRUMAN March 20, 1948. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9938 REVOKING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9544 OF APRIL 25, 1945, AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF WAR TO ASSUME CONTROL OF A CERTAIN AIRPORT OREGON By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the act of May 24, 1928, 45 Stat. 728 (49 U. S. C. 212), it is ordered as follows: Executive Order No. 9544 of April 25, 1945,' authorizing and directing the Secretary of War to assume full control of the public airport on the followingdescribed lands, in the State of Oregon, is hereby revoked: WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN T. 15 S., R. 13 E. N2NW, SE1⁄44 NW 4, Sec. 22, E2, The areas described aggregate 1,520 acres. The lands are included in a lease to the City of Redmond pursuant to the provisions of the act of May 24, 1928, supra, for a period of twenty years from March 12, 1942, and it is intended that the lease shall again be operative and in full force and effect upon the signing of this order. THE WHITE HOUSE, HARRY S. TRUMAN March 22, 1948. 13 CFR, 1945 Supp. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9939 CREATING A BOARD OF INQUIRY TO REPORT ON A LABOR DISPUTE AFFECTING THE BITUMINOUS COAL INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES WHEREAS there exists a labor dispute between coal operators and associations signatory to the National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement of 1947 and certain of their employees represented by the International Union, United Mine Workers of America, also signatory to the said agreement, involving wages or terms and conditions of employment; and WHEREAS in my opinion such dispute has resulted in a strike affecting a substantial part of the bituminous coal industry, an industry engaged in trade and commerce among the several states and with foreign nations, and in the production of goods for commerce, which strike, if permitted to continue, will imperil the national health and safety: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 206 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (Public Law 101, 80th Congress), I hereby create a Board of Inquiry, consisting of such members as I shall appoint, to inquire into the issues involved in such dispute. The Board shall have powers and duties as set forth in Title II of the said Act. The Board shall report to the President in accordance with provisions of section 206 of the said Act on or before April 5, 1948. Upon submission of its report, the Board shall continue in existence to perform such other functions as may be required under the said Act, until the Board is terminated by the President. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, March 23, 1948. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9940 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD ΤΟ INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY, INC., AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES WHEREAS a dispute exists between the Railway Express Agency, Inc., a carrier, and certain of its employees represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, AFL, a labor organization; and WHEREAS this dispute has not heretofore been adjusted under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended; and WHEREAS this dispute, in the judgment of the National Mediation Board, threatens substantially to interrupt interstate commerce to a degree such as to deprive a large section of the country of essential transportation service: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U. S. C. 160), I hereby create a board of three members, to be appointed by me, to investigate said dispute. No member of the said board shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of employees or any carrier. The board shall report its findings to the President with respect to the said dispute within thirty days from the date of this order. As provided by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, from this date and for thirty days after the board has made its report to the President, no change, except by agreement, shall be made by the Railway Express Agency, Inc., or its employees in the conditions out of which the said dispute arose. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, March 25, 1948. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9941 AUTHORIZING the SecrETARY OF STATE TO PRESCRIBE RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 303 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 1002) and section 202 of the Revised Statutes (5 U. S. C. 156), the Secretary of State is hereby authorized, in the interest of the internal management of the Government, to exercise the authority vested in the President by sections 801 (a) and 881 (a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 1019 and 1025) to prescribe rules and regulations governing the maintenance of the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System and the deposit of volun EXECUTIVE ORDER 9942 PROVIDING FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS UNDER THE RUBBER ACT OF 1948 By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Rubber Act of 1948, approved March 31, 1948, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered, in the interest of the internal management of the Government, as follows: 1. The Secretary of Commerce shall perform and exercise the functions, duties, powers, authority, and discretion (hereinafter collectively referred to as functions) vested in the President by sections 3, 4, 18 (c), and 18 (d) of the Rubber Act of 1948. 2. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation shall perform and exercise the functions vested in the President by, or designated in, sections 5 (c), 5 (e), 6, 7, 8, 11 (a), and 18 (f) of the Rubber Act of 1948: Provided, That the provisions of this paragraph which relate to section 6 (a) of the said Act shall not be construed as precluding any other agency of the Government from engaging in research or development authorized by law. 3. The Secretary of Commerce shall in respect of the functions covered by paragraph 1 of this order and related functions under the Rubber Act of 1948, and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation shall in respect of the functions covered by paragraph 2 of this order and related functions under said Act, perform and exercise the functions of the President (including the power of subpena) under sections 10 and 12 of the said Act. 4. This order shall be effective April 1, 1948. ferred to as the Act), and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered, in the interest of the internal management of the Government, as follows: 1. The Administrator for Economic Cooperation is hereby authorized and directed to make appropriate allocations, for the purposes of Titles I and IV of the Act except section 404 (b) of Title IV, to any department, agency, or establishment of the Government, from such funds as shall be made available to the Economic Cooperation Administration by the President out of funds advanced by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and out of appropriated funds. 2. It is hereby determined, pursuant to sections 119 and 403 of the Act, that the performance of the functions authorized under Titles I and IV of the Act without regard to the following laws will further the purposes of the said Titles I and IV: 15 U. S. C. 616a (48 Stat. 500) 31 U. S. C. 529 (sec. 3648, Revised Statutes, as amended) 41 U. S. C. 5 (sec. 3709, Revised Statutes, as amended) 41 U. S. C. 8 (sec. 3710, Revised Statutes) 41 U. S. C. 10a (47 Stat. 1520) 41 U. S. C. 13 (sec. 3735, Revised Statutes) 46 U. S. C. 1241 (49 Stat. 2015) THE WHITE HOUSE, HARRY S. TRUMAN April 9, 1948. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9944 AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO ADMINISTER CERTAIN FUNCTIONS UNDER THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1948 By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948, approved April 3, 1948, and by section 202 of the Revised Statutes, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered, in the interest of the internal management of the Government, as follows: The Secretary of State is hereby authorized and directed to perform the functions of the President under the International Children's Emergency Fund Assistance Act of 1948 and under the Greek-Turkish Assistance Act of 1948 (being Titles II and III of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948, respectively). The said Title III shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order No. 9857 of May 22, 1947,1 entitled "Regulations for Carrying out 13 CFR, 1947 Supp. |