order or regulation, the boards of directors, trustees, receivers, officers, and employees of such carriers shall continue the operation of the said transportation systems including the collection and disbursement of funds thereof, in the usual and ordinary course of the business of the carriers, in the names of their respective companies, and by means of any agencies, associations, or other instrumentalities now utilized by the carriers. 5. Except so far as the Secretary shall from time to time otherwise determine and provide by appropriate orders or regulations, existing contracts and agreements to which carriers whose transportation systems have been taken under, or which may be taken pursuant to, the provisions of this order are parties, shall remain in full force and effect. Nothing in this order shall have the effect of suspending or releasing any obligation owed to any carrier affected hereby, and all payments shall be made by the persons obligated to the carrier to which they are or may become due. Except as the Secretary may otherwise direct, there may be made, in due course, payments of dividends on stock, and of principal, interest, sinking funds, and all other distributions upon bonds, debentures, and other obligations; and expenditures may be made for other ordinary corporate purposes. 6. Until further order of the President or the Secretary, the said transportation systems shall be managed and operated under the terms and conditions of employment in effect at the time possession is taken under this order, without prejudice to existing equities or to the effectiveness of such retroactive provisions as may be included in the final settlement of the disputes between the carriers and the workers. The Secretary shall recognize the right of the workers to continue their membership in labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing with the representatives of the owners of the carriers, subject to the provisions of applicable law, as to disputes between the carriers and the workers; and to engage in concerted activities for the purpose of such collective bargaining or for other mutual aid or protection, provided that in his opinion such concerted activities do not interfere with the operation of the transportation systems taken hereunder, or which may be taken pursuant hereto. 7. Except as this order otherwise provides and except as the Secretary may otherwise direct, the operation of the transportation systems taken hereunder, or which may be taken pursuant hereto, shall be in conformity with the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, the Railway Labor Act, as amended, the Safety Appliance Acts, the Employers' Liability Acts, and other applicable Federal and State laws, Executive orders, local ordinances, and rules and regulations issued pursuant to such laws, Executive orders, and ordinances. 8. Except with the prior written consent of the Secretary, no receivership, reorganization, or similar proceeding affecting any carrier whose transportation system is taken hereunder, or which may be taken pursuant hereto, shall be instituted; and no attachment by mesne process, garnishment, execution, or otherwise shall be levied on or against any of the real or personal property or other assets of any such carrier; provided that nothing herein shall prevent or require approval by the Secretary of any action authorized or required by any interlocutory or final decree of any United States court in reorganization proceedings now pending under the Bankruptcy Act or in any equity receivership cases now pending. 9. The Secretary is authorized to furnish protection for persons employed or seeking employment in or with the transportation systems of which possession is taken hereunder, or which may be taken pursuant hereto; to furnish protection for such transportation systems; and to furnish equipment, manpower, and other facilities or services deemed necessary to carry out the provisions, and to accomplish the purposes, of this order. 10. From and after 12 o'clock noon, Eastern Standard Time, on the said 10th day of May, 1948, all properties taken under this order shall be conclusively deemed to be within the possession and control of the United States without further act or notice. 11. Possession, control, and operation of any transportation system, or any part thereof, or of any real or personal property taken under this order, or which may be taken pursuant hereto, shall be terminated by the Secretary when he determines that such possession, control, and operation are no longer necessary to carry out the provisions, Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad Co. Ann Arbor Railroad Company Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company B & O Chicago Terminal R. R. Co. Strouds Creek & Muddlety R. R. Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal Bush Terminal Railroad Company Canadian Nat'l. Rys. - Lines in New England Champlain & St. Lawrence Railroad St. Clair Tunnel Company Pere Marquette District Fort Street Union Depot Co. Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company Lehigh & New England Railroad Company New York Central R. R. (Full Line Agree ments) NYC RR-Buffalo and East NYC RR-West of Buffalo Chicago River & Indiana (C. J. Ry.) Pittsburgh & Lake Erie R. R. (L. E. & Ε.) Cleveland Union Terminals Ohio Central Federal Valley New York, Chicago & St. Louis R. R. Co. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Sugar Land Ry. Houston Belt & Terminal Ry. Chicago & Illinois Western R. R. Midland Valley R. R. Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf Ry. Minneapolis & St. Louis Ry. Railway Transfer Co. of City of Minneapolis Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie R. R. Missouri-Kansas-Texas R. R. Co. of Texas. Missouri Pacific R. R. Northern Pacific Ry. Northern Pacific Terminal Co. of Oregon. Northwestern Pacific R. R. Ogden Union Ry. & Depot Co. Oregon, California & Eastern Ry. Peoria & Pekin Union Ry. Port Terminal Railroad Association. St. Joseph Terminal R. R. St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. St. Louis, San Francisco & Texas Ry. St. Louis Southwestern Ry. St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. of Texas. St. Paul Union Depot Co. San Diego & Arizona Eastern Ry. Sioux City Terminal Ry. Spokane, Portland & Seattle Ry. Oregon Electric Ry. Oregon Trunk Ry. Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis. Texas & New Orleans R. R. Texas & Pacific Ry. Abilene & Southern Ry. Fort Worth Belt Ry. Texas-New Mexico Ry. Texas Short Line Ry. Weatherford, Mineral Wells & Northwest ern Ry. Texas Mexican Ry. Texas Pacific-Missouri Pacific Terminal R. R. of New Orleans. Union Pacific R. R. Union Railway Co. (Memphis). Union Terminal Co. (Dallas). Wabash R. R.-Lines West of Detroit and Toledo. Wabash R. R.-Lines East of Detroit (Buffalo Div.). Western Pacific R. R. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9958 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AIRLINES, INC., AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES WHEREAS a dispute exists between the National Airlines, Inc., a carrier, and certain of its employees represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, International, 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 the 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 CREATING A BOARD OF INQUIRY TO REPORT ON A LABOR DISPUTE AFFECTING THE COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES WHEREAS there exists a labor dispute between the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (Long Lines Division) and certain of its employees represented by the American Union of Telephone Workers (CIO); and WHEREAS in my opinion such dispute threatens to result in a strike or lock-out affecting a substantial part of the communications industry, an industry engaged in transmission or communication among the several States or with foreign nations, 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 the provisions of section 206 of the said Act on or before June 8, 1948. Upon the 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, May 18, 1948. 819355-49-9 EXECUTIVE ORDER 9960 PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF AID AND RELIEF FOR THE PEOPLE OF CERTAIN COUNTRIES By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. (a) The Administrator for Economic Cooperation shall perform the functions heretofore performed by the Secretary of State (with respect to providing relief assistance to the people of countries devastated by war and discharging related duties under the joint resolution of May 31, 1947 (Public Law 84, 80th Congress)), pursuant to the provisions of Executive Order No. 9864 of May 31, 1947'; and the Administrator may perform such functions directly or through the field administrator appointed pursuant to section 4 of the said joint resolution or through such officers or employees of the Economic Cooperation Administration as he may designate to act on his behalf. The provisions of the said Executive order, as amended by this paragraph, shall be applicable to the operations of the Economic Cooperation Administration under the said joint reso lution. (b) There shall be transferred to the Economic Cooperation Administration so much of the personnel, records, and property of the Department of State which relate to said functions, and so much of the unexpended balances of funds now available to the Department of State for the purposes of the said joint resolution, as the Secretary of State and the Administrator for Economic Cooperation shall jointly determine to be necessary for use in connection with such functions; provided that any such transfer of funds shall have the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. 2. Consonant with the provisions of section 14 of the Foreign Aid Act of 1947 (Public Law 389, 80th Congress), the Administrator for Economic Cooperation shall perform the functions heretofore performed by the Secretary of State pursuant to the provisions of Executive Order No. 9914 of December 26, 19471; and the provisions of that order, as amended by this paragraph, shall be applicable to the operations of the Economic Cooperation Administration under the said Act. The Administrator for Economic Cooperation shall consult with the Secretary of State before entering into any agree 13 CFR, 1947 Supp. Page 115 May 19, 1948. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9961 DIRECTING THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION ΤΟ ΜΑΚΕ DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS OF PERSONS WHO LEFT THE FEDERAL SERVICE TO SERVE IN THE ARMED FORCES OR THE MERCHANT MARINE By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1753 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the Civil Service Act of January 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403), and as President of the United States, it is ordered that the last sentence of section 01.2 (c) of Executive Order No. 9830 of February 24, 1947,1 entitled "Amending the Civil Service Rules and Providing for Federal Personnel Administration," be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: "The Commission shall also determine the applicability, in general and in specific cases, of the reemployment provisions of (1) section 8 of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 (54 Stat. 890) as amended (50 U. S. C. App. 308), to persons who left the Federal service to serve in the armed forces of the United States, and (2) section 2 of the act of June 23, 1943, 57 Stat. 162, as amended (50 U. S. C. App. 1472), to persons who left the Federal service to serve in the merchant marine; and the Commission may issue such regulations or instructions as it may deem necessary or appropriate for carrying out the said reemployment provisions." HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, EXECUTIVE ORDER 9962 REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PAYMENT OF SALARIES AND COMPENSATION OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES OUTSIDE THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES OR IN ALASKA By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 207 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1949, approved April 20, 1948 (Public Law 491, 80th Congress), and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered that, until such time as appropriate general regulations are pre 13 CFR, 1947 Supp. scribed with respect thereto, the payment of salaries and compensation of persons subject to the provisions of section 207 of the aforesaid act who are employed by the Federal Government outside the continental United States or in Alaska shall be made by the several executive departments, independent establishments, and corporations in accordance with the regulations and practices in effect in their respective organizations immediately prior to April 20, 1948: Provided, however, That in no case shall the rates of pay exceed by more than 25 per centum the rates of pay for the same or similar services of persons employed by the Government in the continental United States: And Provided further, That no such salary or compensation shall exceed the maximum provided by the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. This order shall be effective as of April 20, 1948, and shall be published in the FEDERAL REGISTER. THE WHITE HOUSE, HARRY S. TRUMAN May 24, 1948. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9963 [Exemption of Samuel B. Hill From Compulsory Retirement for Age; May 28, 1948; not published] EXECUTIVE ORDER 9964 CREATING A BOARD OF INQUIRY TO REPORT ON CERTAIN LABOR DISPUTES AFFECTING THE MARITIME INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES WHEREAS there exist certain labor disputes (a) on the Pacific Coast of the United States between the employers, ship owners, or operators who are represented in collective bargaining conferences by the Waterfront Employers' Association of the Pacific Coast, the Pacific American Shipowners' Association or the Shipowners' Association of the Pacific, and certain of their employees represented by the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (CIO), the National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association (CIO), the National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards (CIO), the American Radio Association (CIO), or the Pacific Coast Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders, and Wipers Association (Ind.); (b) on the East and Gulf Coasts of the United States between ship owners or operators who are represented in collective bargaining |