force and effect except as amended, modified, or revoked by the Attorney General. 3. It is the policy of this order that administrative action under paragraph 1 hereof shall be taken by the Attorney General or any officer, person, agency, or instrumentality designated by him. However, nothing in this order shall be deemed to limit or remove any powers heretofore conferred upon the Secretary of the Treasury or the Attorney General by statute or by Executive order. No person affected by any order, regulation, ruling, instruction, license, or other action issued or taken by either the Secretary of the Treasury or the Attorney General may challenge the validity thereof or otherwise excuse his actions, or failure to act, on the ground that pursuant to the provisions of this Executive order, such order, regulation, ruling, instruction, license, or other action was within the jurisdiction of the Attorney General rather than the Secretary of the Treasury or vice versa. 4. This order shall become effective as of midnight, September 30, HARRY S. TRUMAN. 1948. THE WHITE HOUSE, 30. Executive Order 9788-October 14, 1946: Terminating the Office of Alien Property Custodian and Transferring its Functions to the Attorney General By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, including the Trading with the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917, 40 Stat. 411, as amended, and the First War Powers Act, 1941, 55 Stat. 838, as amended, 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 Office of Alien Property Custodian in the Office for Emergency Management of the Executive Office of the President, established by Executive Order No. 9095 of March 11, 1942, is hereby terminated; and all authority, rights, privileges, powers, duties, and functions vested in such Office or in the Alien Property Custodian or transferred or delegated thereto are hereby vested in or transferred or delegated to the Attorney General, as the case may be, and shall be administered by him or under his direction and control by such officers and agencies of the Department of Justice as he may designate. 2. All property or interests vested in or transferred to the Alien Property Custodian or seized by him, and all proceeds thereof, which are held or administered by him on the effective date of this order are hereby transferred to the Attorney General. 3. All personnel, property, records, and funds of the Office of Alien Property Custodian are hereby transfered to the Department of Justice. 4. This order supersedes all prior Executive orders to the extent that they are in conflict with this order. 5. This order shall become effective on October 15, 1946. (512) HARRY S. TRUMAN. 31. Executive Order 10348-April 26, 1952: Continuing in Force Orders and Regulations Relating to Blocked Property 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 as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: Executive Order No. 8389 of April 10, 1940, as amended, and Executive Order No. 9989 of August 20, 1948, and all delegations, designations, regulations, rulings, instructions, and licenses issued under such orders are hereby continued in force according to their terms for the duration of the period of the national emergency proclaimed by Proclamation No. 2914 of December 16, 1950. THE WHITE HOUSE, HARRY S. TRUMAN. (513) 32. Executive Order 10896-November 29, 1960: Amendment of Executive Order No. 6260 of August 28, 1933 By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 5(b) of the act of October 6, 1917, as amended, 12 U.S.C. 95a, and in view of the continued existence of the national emergency proclaimed by Proclamation No. 2914 of December 16, 1950, I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America, do hereby confirm Executive Order No. 6260 of August 28, 1933, as amended, and do hereby further amend Executive Order No. 6260 as follows: 1. Section 3 is revoked. 2. The first paragraph of section 5 is amended by deleting the proviso at the end thereof, and by inserting a period in place of the colon after the phrase "this Executive Order" where it appears in such paragraph. 3. Section 7 is revoked. This amendment of Executive Order No. 6260, as amended, shall not affect any act done, or any right accruing or accrued or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil or criminal cause prior to the effective date of this amendment, and all penalties, forfeitures, and liabilities under Executive Order No. 6260, as heretofore amended, shall continue and may be enforced as if this amendment had not been made. All licenses, orders, rules, or regulations heretofore issued under Executive Order No. 6260, as amended, and now in effect, including the Gold Regulations constituting Part 54 of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations, are hereby approved, ratified, and confirmed and shall continue in full force and effect until amended, modified, or revoked by the Secretary of the Treasury. This amendment shall become effective upon filing for publication with the Office of the Federal Register. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. (514) 33. Executive Order 10905-January 14, 1961: Amendment of Executive Order No. 6260 of August 28, 1933, as Amended By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 5 (b) of the act of October 6, 1917, as amended, 12 U.S.C. § 95a, and in view of the continued existence of the national emergency proclaimed by Proclamation No. 2914 of December 16, 1950, I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America, do hereby further amend Executive Order No. 6260, as amended, as follows: 1. By amending section 2 to read as follows: "2. As used in this order, the term 'person' means an individual, partnership, association or corporation; the term 'United States' means the United States and any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof; and the term 'person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States' means: (a) any individual who is a citizen of the United States; (b) any individual, wherever located, who is a resident of, or domiciled in, the United States; (c) any partnership, association, corporation or other organization which is organized or doing business under the laws of the United States or of any state or territory thereof or the district of Columbia and; (d) any partnership, association, corporation or other organization wherever organized or doing business which is owned or controlled by persons specified in (a), (b), or (c)." 2. By adding at the end thereof a new section 12 reading as follows: "12. Except under license issued there for pursuant to the provisions of this order, no person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States shall, after the effective date of this section, acquire, hold in his possession, earmark, or retain any interest, legal or equitable, in any gold coin (other than gold coin having a recognized special value to collectors of rare and unusual coin), gold certificates, or gold bullion situated outside of the United States, or any securities issued by any person holding, as a substantial part of his assets, gold as a store of value or as, or in lieu of, money and not for a specific and customary industrial, professional or artistic use. The Secretary of the Treasury, subject to such other regulations as he may prescribe, is authorized to issue licenses permitting, until June 1, 1961, the holding and disposition of any such securities or gold coin, certificates or bullion acquired by persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States prior to the effective date of this section and owned by such persons on such date. The Secretary is further authorized to issue licenses permitting the acquisition and holding by persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States of gold bullion situated outside of the United States which the Secretary or such agency as he may designate is satisfied is required for legitimate and customary use in the industry, profession or art in which such person is regularly engaged." This amendment shall become effective upon filing for publication with the Office of the Federal Register. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. |