Alien Property Custodian, or by an agent and delegate appointed by the Alien Property Custodian, or by a supervisor designated by the Alien Property Custodian or by one of his said agents and delegates as hereinafter provided:

(1) All transactions involving any property, control of which has been released by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to Executive Order No. 9095, as amended (3 CFR Cum. Supp.), subject to the power and authority conferred upon the Alien Property Custodian; and

(2) All transactions by, or with, or on behalf of, or pursuant to the direction of, any business enterprise of which the Alien Property Custodian has undertaken the supervision, or which he has vested, or assets of or interests in which he has vested, or involving any property in which such business enterprise has any interest, control of such property or business enterprise having been released by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to Executive Order No. 9095, as amended.

(b) C. R. Bergherm, as Chief of the Division of Business Operations and Liquidation, Thomas H. Creighton, Jr., as Chief of the Property Division, Fritz Machlup, as Acting Chief of the Division of Investigation and Research, Howland H. Sargeant, as Chief of the Division of Patent Administration, Roger E. Brooks, as Manager of the Honolulu Office of the Office of Alien Property Custodian, Frank J. Garvey, as Assistant to the Alien Property Custodian and Manager of the New York Office of the Office of Alien Property Custodian, Lloyd L. Shaulis, as Secretary, and W. D. Bradford, as Assistant to the Alien Property Custodian, are hereby appointed and designated, severally, as agents and delegates of the Alien Property Custodian to make and to revoke, on behalf of the Alien Property Custodian, authorizations of transactions with respect to any property or business enterprise (other than a bank, branch of bank, insurance company or branch of insurance company, or any property of a bank, branch of bank, insurance company or branch of insurance company) subject to the authority and power conferred upon the Alien Property Custodian; and with respect to any such specific property or business enterprise subject to such authority and power, to appoint and designate supervisors for such specific property or business enterprise, who shall

have power to make and to revoke, on behalf of the Alien Property Custodian, authorizations of transactions.

(c) Frank J. Garvey, as Assistant to the Alien Property Custodian, is hereby further appointed and designated as agent and delegate of the Alien Property Custodian to make and to revoke on his behalf authorizations of transactions with respect to any bank, branch of bank, insurance company or branch of insurance company, or any property of any bank, branch of bank, insurance company or branch of insurance company, subject to the authority and power conferred upon the Alien Property Custodian, and to designate for any specific bank, branch of bank, insurance company or branch of insurance company, supervisors who shall have power to make and to revoke, on behalf of the Alien Property Custodian, authorizations of transactions.

(d) This section supersedes the certificates of appointment executed by the Alien Property Custodian October 30, 1942, in favor of S. James Crowley and Edward C. Tefft (7 F.R. 8910), May 8, 1943, in favor of Francis J. McNamara, Homer Jones and Howland H. Sargeant (8 F.R. 6694), September 11, 1943, in favor of Roger E. Brooks (8 F.R. 12839), and April 18, 1944, in favor of Frank J. Garvey (9 F.R. 4485). Nothing contained herein shall affect the validity of anything heretofore done under authority of the aforementioned certificates of appointment, nor of anything hereafter done under purported authority of the same which would be valid under authority of this section. [G.O. 31, July 10, 1944, 9 F.R. 7739, as amended by Special Reg. 2, July 22, 1944, 9 F.R. 8975, and by Amdt., Dec. 12, 1944, 9 F.R. 14573]

CODIFICATION: § 503.31 was amended by deleting the name "Thomas H. Creighton" appearing in paragraph (b) and substituting therefor the name "Thomas H. Creighton, Jr." by Special Regulation 2, July 22, 1944, 9 F.R. 8975.

§ 503.31 was further amended Dec. 12, 1944, 9 F.R. 14573 as follows:

By striking therefrom the words "Homer Jones, as Chief of the Division of Investigation and Research" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Fritz Machlup, as Acting Chief of the Division of Investigation and Research" and by striking therefrom the words "W. D. Bradford, as Chief of the NonEnemy Enterprise Section, Division of Business Operations and Liquidation", and insert

ing in lieu thereof the words "W. D. Bradford, as Assistant to the Alien Property Custodian."

§ 503.32 Limitations on representative activities by former employees-(a) Two year bar; claims against the United States. No person appointed as an officer, clerk, or employee in the Office of Alien Property Custodian shall act as counsel, attorney, or agent for prosecuting in the Office of Alien Property Custodian any claim against the United States which was pending in the Office of Alien Property Custodian while he was such officer, clerk, or employee, nor in any manner, nor by any means, aid in the prosecution of any such claim, within two years next after he shall have ceased to be such officer, clerk, or employee.

(b) One year bar; policy-making officials. Without limitation on paragraph (a) of this section, no person who has held a position as a policy-making officer or a policy-making employee of the Office of Alien Property Custodian may appear in a representative capacity before the Office of Alien Property Custodian or any officer, clerk, or employee thereof within one year after the termination of his incumbency of such position. The term "representative capacity" as used in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section shall mean the function of rendering services of any nature to any person, firm, corporation, or association, not undertaken at the written request of the Custodian.

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(c) Qualified one year bar; non-policymaking officials. Without limitation on paragraph (a) of this section, person who has held a position in the Office of Alien Property Custodian other than that of a policy-making officer or a policy-making employee may appear in a representative capacity before the Office of Alien Property Custodian or any officer, clerk, or employee thereof within one year after the termination of his incumbency of such position unless he obtains the prior approval of the Custodian in each matter. To obtain such approval he must file an affidavit stating:

(1) His former connection with the Office of Alien Property Custodian;

(2) That while he was connected with the Office of Alien Property Custodian the matter was not pending therein, or if it was so pending:

(i) That he gave no personal consideration to it, and had no knowledge of the facts involved therein while so connected, and

(ii) That he is not assisting and will not be assisted by any person who has personally considered it or gained personal knowledge of the facts thereof while connected with the Office of Alien Property Custodian.

(d) Continuing bar; confidential material. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to authorize the disclosure, regardless of the passage of time, of any information in the files and papers of the Office of Alien Property Custodian within the purview of § 503.17 in any manner other than that provided in the said § 503.17. [G.O. 32, Oct. 5, 1944, 9 F.R. 12197]

PART 508-SPECIAL REGULATIONS

Sec. 508.1 508.2

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Ratification of appointments, etc. Delegation of authority to Assistant to Allen Property Custodian.

AUTHORITY: §§ 508.1 and 508.2 issued under 40 Stat. 411, as amended; 50 U.S.C. App., Sup., 616. E.O. 9193; 3 CFR Cum. Supp.

§ 508.1 Ratification of appointments, etc. (a) (1) The appointment and designation of all employees, appointees, delegates, designees, agents, supervisors, proxies, attorneys, representatives and other personnel heretofore appointed on behalf of the Alien Property Custodian or in the Office of Alien Property Custodian, together with all powers, authority, functions and duties conferred, granted or delegated by virtue of any certificate of appointment, general order, proxy, letter or other instrument of appointment or delegation by or under the authority of Leo T. Crowley as Alien Property Custodian, and

(2) All certificates of appointment, general orders, special orders, orders, regulations, licenses, instructions, directions, delegations, designations, authorizations and forms executed, issued or promulgated by or under the authority of Leo T. Crowley as Alien Property Custodian,

are, except as hereinafter indicated, hereby affirmed, ratified and continued in effect according to their terms until revoked, superseded or terminated by, or by authority of, the undersigned.

(b) Any instrument which might lawfully be issued by or under the authority of the Alien Property Custodian shall not be deemed invalid for the reason that it contains the printed, or otherwise stamped or affixed name "Leo T. Crowley" instead of the name "James E. Markham", but shall be construed as though it contained the name "James E. Markham" in place of the name "Leo T. Crowley" unless the context otherwise requires.

(c) The certificates of appointment granted to James E. Markham as Deputy Alien Property Custodian dated March 19, 1942 (7 F.R. 2363) and October 30, 1942 (7 F.R. 8911), having no further utility, are hereby terminated and revoked as of this date, but without impairment of any action heretofore taken thereunder or by virtue thereof. [Special Reg. 1, Mar. 27, 1944, 9 F.R. 3479]

NOTE: By order, Alien Property Custodian, Mar. 28, 1944, 9 F.R. 3522, Francis J. McNamara was appointed Deputy Alien Property Custodian.

§ 508.2 Delegation of authority to Assistant to Alien Property Custodian. (a) Thomas H. Creighton, Jr., as Assistant to the Alien Property Custodian and Chief of the Property Division is hereby designated and appointed as agent and delegate of the Alien Property Custodian,

(1) To take such action as he deems necessary in the administration of paragraphs 2 (f) and 5 of Executive Order No. 9095 (3 CFR Cum. Supp.), as amended, and any orders issued pursuant thereto;

(2) To issue any demand, direction, or instruction directed to any person, firm or corporation, or take any other action

necessary in order to effectuate any vesting order issued by the Alien Property Custodian;

(3) To take custody of and to receipt for any property or interest therein, or to accept payment, conveyance, transfer, assignment, or delivery made to or for the account of the Alien Property Custodian.

(b) The instrument of delegation dated August 1, 1942, executed by Leo T. Crowley, as Alien Property Custodian, granting certain powers to Francis J. McNamara, Assistant to the Alien Property Custodian, confirmed by an instrument of delegation dated September 17, 1943, executed by Leo T. Crowley as Alien Property Custodian (8 F.R. 12771), having no further utility, is hereby terminated and revoked, without impairment of any action heretofore taken thereunder or by virtue thereof, and without impairment of the designation and appointment of the said Francis J. McNamara as Deputy Alien Property Custodian nor of any actions heretofore or hereafter taken by him in the capacity of Deputy Alien Property Custodian.

(c) The authority heretofore conferred upon the Chief, Estates and Trusts Section, Territory of Hawaii, by an instrument of delegation dated September 17, 1943, executed by Leo T. Crowley, as Alien Property Custodian, continued in effect by virtue § 508.1 shall be exercised under the general supervision of Thomas H. Creighton, Jr., as Assistant to the Alien Property Custodian and Chief of the Property Division. [Special Reg. 2, July 22, 1944, 9 FR. 8975, 9077]