conferences by the Committee for Companies and Agents, Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, and various other ship owners and operators not so represented, and certain of their employees represented by the National Maritime Union of America (CIO), the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association (CIO), and the American Radio Association (CIO); and (c) on the Great Lakes and connecting waters between the ship owners or operators whose names are set forth on the list attached hereto and hereby made a part hereof, and certain of their employees represented by the National Maritime Union of America (CIO); and WHEREAS in my opinion such disputes threaten to result in strikes or lockouts affecting a substantial part of the maritime industry, an industry engaged in trade, commerce, transportation, transmission, or communication among the several States and with foreign nations, which strikes or lockouts, 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 disputes. 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 11, 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, June 3, 1948. LIST Interstate Steamship Company Bethlehem Transportation Corporation Cleveland Tankers Great Lakes Transportation Company Johnson Transportation Company Nicholson Transit Company Ford Motor Company Standard Oil Company of Indiana Brown and Shasta Steamship Company Inland Steel Company International Harvester Company Texas Oil Company Lake Tankers EXECUTIVE ORDER 9965 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE CERTAIN DISPUTES BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AIRLINES, INC., AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES WHEREAS certain disputes exist between the National Airlines, Inc., a carrier, and certain of its employees represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, International, and the International Association of Machinists, labor organizations; and WHEREAS these disputes have not heretofore been adjusted under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended; and WHEREAS these disputes, in the judgment of the National Mediation Board, threaten 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, namely, Grady Lewis, of Washington, D. C., Walter V. Schaefer, of Chicago, Illinois, and Curtis W. Roll, of Kokomo, Indiana, to investigate the said disputes. 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 disputes 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 National Airlines, Inc., or its employees in the conditions out of which the said disputes arose. This order supersedes Executive Order No. 9958, dated May 15, 1948. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, June 3, 1948. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9966 [Exemption of Carroll Miller From Compulsory Retirement for Age; June 4, 1948; not published] EXECUTIVE ORDER 9967 DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN OFFICERS TO ACT AS SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 179 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 U. S. C. 6), it is hereby ordered as follows: In case of the absence, sickness, resignation, or death of both the Secretary of Agriculture and the Under Secretary of Agriculture, the officer whose name is highest on the following list and who is not absent or under disability to discharge the duties of the office of the Secretary of Agriculture shall perform the duties of that office: 1. The Assistant Secretary of Agriculture 2. The Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration 3. The Governor of the Farm Credit Administration 4. The Administrator of the Farmers Home Administration This order supersedes Executive Order No. 7465 of October 6, 1936. THE WHITE HOUSE, HARRY S. TRUMAN June 12, 1948. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9968 DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN OFFICERS TO ACT AS SECRETARY OF LABOR By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 179 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 U. S. C. 6), I hereby authorize and direct the Assistant Secretaries of Labor, in the order of the date of their commissions, to perform the duties of the office of the Secretary of Labor in case of the absence, sickness, resignation, or death of both the Secretary of Labor and the Under Secretary of Labor; and I also authorize and direct the Solicitor of Labor to perform the duties of the office of the Secretary of Labor in case of the absence, sickness, resignation, or death of the Secretary of Labor, the Under Secretary of Labor, and the Assistant Secretaries of Labor. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, EXECUTIVE ORDER 9969 SUSPENSION OF EIGHT-HOUR LAW AS TO WORK BY THE ALASKA RAILROAD, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WHEREAS the Alaska Railroad is the only means by which substantial quantities of vitally needed materials and supplies can be transported to interior points in the Territory of Alaska; and WHEREAS the protection of our national security through the maintenance of military posts in Alaska is dependent upon the transportation by the Railroad of vitally needed matériel, supplies, and equipment for our armed forces; and WHEREAS the essential services performed by the Railroad in the transportation of freight and passenger traffic are also of critical importance to the citizens of Alaska and to its economic development; and WHEREAS as a result of the tremendous burden of traffic transported by the Railroad during the war years immediate and extensive rehabilitation of track and roadway facilities is necessary for the safe and continued operation of the Railroad; and WHEREAS climatic conditions within Alaska preclude such rehabilitation except during the short outdoor working season; and WHEREAS it is essential to the fullest and most effective utilization of such limited period that laborers and mechanics employed by the Railroad be permitted to work in excess of eight hours a day; and WHEREAS by section 1 of the act of August 1, 1892, 27 Stat. 340, as amended by the act of March 3, 1913, 37 Stat. 726 (40 U. S. C. 321), the service of all laborers and mechanics employed by the Government of the United States upon any public work of the United States is limited to eight hours in any one calendar day except in case of extraordinary emergency; and WHEREAS I find that by reason of the foregoing an extraordinary emergency exists: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the said act of August 1, 1892, as amended by the said act of March 3, 1913, and as President of the United States, I hereby suspend for a period of five months, effective immediately, the above-men tioned provisions of law prohibiting more than eight hours of labor in any one day by laborers and mechanics employed by the Government of the United States as to all work performed by laborers and mechanics employed by the Alaska Railroad, Department of the Interior, on any public work within the Territory of Alaska with respect to which the Secretary of the Interior shall find such suspension to be essential to the accomplishment of the purposes of this order: Provided, that the wages of all laborers and mechanics so employed by the Alaska Railroad shall be based on an administrative workweek of forty hours with overtime to be paid at time and onehalf for all hours of work in excess of forty hours in any such administrative workweek. 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, other than that referred to in Executive Order No. 9939 of March 23, 1948, entitled "Creating a Board of Inquiry to Report on a Labor Dispute Affecting the Bituminous Coal Industry of the United States," 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 and terms and conditions of employment; and WHEREAS in my opinion such dispute threatens to result in a strike or lockout 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 or lockout, if permitted to occur or 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 June 23, 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, June 19, 1948. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9971 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE DISPUTES BETWEEN CERTAIN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS OPERATED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY AND CERTAIN WORKERS WHEREAS disputes exist between the Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company, Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, Wabash Railroad Company, and the Ann Arbor Railroad Company, carriers under Federal management, and certain workers represented by the National Maritime Union of America, a labor organization; and WHEREAS by Executive Order No. 9957 of May 10, 1948,1 possession, control, and operation of the transportation systems owned or operated by the said carriers, together with the transportation systems owned or operated by certain other carriers, were assumed by the President, through the Secretary of the Army; and WHEREAS the said disputes have not heretofore been adjusted under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended; and WHEREAS these disputes threaten, in the judgment of the National Mediation Board, substantially to interrupt interstate commerce within the State of Michigan to a degree such as to deprive that 1 Supra. portion of the country of essential transportation service, and also threaten to interfere with the operation by the Secretary of the Army of transportation systems taken pursuant to the said Executive Order No. 9957: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 10 of the Railway Labor Act as amended (45 U. S. C. 160), and subject to the provisions of that section, I hereby create a board of three members, to be appointed by me, to investigate the said disputes. Nothing in this order shall be construed to derogate from the authority of the Secretary of the Army under the said Executive Order No. 9957. The Board shall report its findings to the President with respect to the said disputes within thirty days from the date of this order. THE WHITE HOUSE, HARRY S. TRUMAN June 23, 1948. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9972 DESIGNATING THE INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION-UNITED STATES AND CANADA AS A PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION ENTITLED TO ENJOY CERTAIN PRIVILEGES, EXEMPTIONS, AND IMMUNI TIES By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act, approved December 29, 1945 (59 Stat. 669), and having found that the United States participates in the International Joint Commission-United States and Canada, established under the authority of the Treaty between the United States and Great Britain relating to the boundary waters between the United States and Canada, signed at Washington, January 11, 1909 (36 Stat. 2448), I hereby designate such organization as a public international organization entitled to enjoy the privileges, exemptions, and immunities conferred by the said Act. The designation of the above-named organization as a public international organization within the meaning of the said International Organizations Immu EXECUTIVE ORDER 9973 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 9830 OF FEBRUARY 24, 1947, AMENDING THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND PROVIDING FOR FEDERAL PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1753 of the Revised Statutes (5 U. S. C. 631) and by the Civil Service Act of January 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403), it is ordered, in the interest of the internal management of the Government, that subdivision (f) of section 6.1 of Executive Order No. 9830 of February 24, 1947, amending the Civil Service Rules and providing for Federal personnel administration, be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: (f) Whenever any position in Schedule A or B (§ 6.4) or any position excepted from the competitive service by statute is occupied by a person having a competitive status, such person shall not be entitled to the protection against separation provided by this order and the Civil Service Rules and Regulations: Provided, That the Commission shall designate such positions in Schedules A and B as are not of a primarily confidential or policy-determining character, and whenever any position so designated is occupied by a person having a competitive status, however he may have been appointed to such position, he shall be separated therefrom only in accordance with the provisions of this order and the Civil Service Rules and Regulations. THE WHITE HOUSE, HARRY S. TRUMAN June 28, 1948. 13 CFR, 1946 Supp. 3 CFR, 1947 Supp. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9973A [Exemption of Frank H. Wang From Compulsory Retirement for Age; July 2, 1948; not published] EXECUTIVE ORDER 9974 EXTENSION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 9898 OF OCTOBER 14, 1947, AS AMENDED, SusPENDING THE EIGHT-HOUR LAW AS TO LABORERS AND MECHANICS EMPLOYED BY THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE ARMY AND THE AIR FORCE ON CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS WHEREAS Executive Order No. 9898 of October 14, 1947,1 as amended by Executive Order No. 9926 of January 17, 1948,* suspends until July 1, 1948, the provisions of section 1 of the act of August 1, 1892, 27 Stat. 340, as amended by the act of March 3, 1913, 37 Stat. 726 (the eighthour law), as to all work performed by laborers and mechanics employed by the Department of the Army or the Department of the Air Force with respect to which the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force, respectively, shall find suspension essential to (1) the supply and maintenance of the military or naval forces, (2) the completion of essential construction, or (3) the fulfillment of international commitments: Provided, that the wages of all laborers and mechanics so employed shall be computed on a basic day rate of eight hours of work with overtime to be paid at time and one-half for all hours of work in excess of eight hours in any one day; and WHEREAS I find that the extraordinary emergency described in the said Executive order and constituting the basis of the suspension effected thereby still exists: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the said act of August 1, 1892, as amended by the said act of March 3, 1913, and as President of the United States, I hereby extend the provisions of the said Executive Order No. 9898 of October 14, 1947, as amended by Executive Order No. 9926 of January 17, 1948, to July 1, 1949. This order shall become effective on July 1, 1948. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, 13 CFR, 1947 Supp. 2 Supra. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9975 REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE ALLOWANCE OF TRAVEL EXPENSES OF CLAIMANTS AND BENEFICIARIES OF THE VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION AND THEIR ATTENDANTS By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of March 14, 1940, 54 Stat. 49 (38 U. S. C. 76), as amended by the act of June 16, 1948 (Public Law 660, 80th Congress), I hereby prescribe the following regulations governing the allowance of travel expenses of claimants and beneficiaries of the Veterans' Administration and their attendants: 1. The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may authorize the payment of actual necessary expenses of travel, including lodging and subsistence, of any claimant or beneficiary of the Veterans' Administration traveling under prior authorization to or from a Veterans' Administration facility, or other place, in connection with vocational rehabilitation or for the purpose of examination, treatment, or care, to the claimant or beneficiary, or, in his discretion, to the person who or the organization which has actually paid the expenses of such travel, including lodging and subsistence. 2. The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may authorize in lieu of actual expenses of travel, including lodging and subsistence, payment of an allowance of 3 cents a mile to any claimant or beneficiary of the Veterans' Administration traveling under prior authorization to or from a Veterans' Administration facility, or other place, in connection with vocational rehabilitation or for the purpose of examination, treatment, or care, or, in his discretion, to the person who or the organization which has actually paid the expenses of such travel, including lodging and subsistence: Provided, that payment of mileage in connection with vocational rehabilitation or upon termination of examination, treatment, or care may be made prior to completion of such travel. 3. When any claimant or beneficiary requires an attendant other than an employee of the Veterans' Administration for the performance of such travel, such attendant may be allowed the expenses of travel upon a similar basis. 4. The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may prescribe such rules and regulations not inconsistent herewith as may |