and duties of the Small Defense Plants Administration, its Administrator, and other officers, relating to the liquidation of the Small Defense Plants Administration, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all remaining functions, powers, and duties with respect to (a) contracts entered into pursuant to subdivisions (B), (C), and (D) of section 714 (b) (1) of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended; (b) certificates of competency issued pursuant to section 714 (e) (6) and section 714 (f) (1) of the said act; and (c) payment of obligations incurred against any appropriation or fund made available to the Small Defense Plants Administration.

SEC. 2. The said functions, powers, and duties shall be administered by the Small Business Administrator or, subject to his direction and control, by such officers and employees of the Small Business Administration as he shall designate.

SEC. 3. There shall be transferred to the Small Business Administration the records, property, and unexpended balances of appropriations and other funds of the Small Defense Plants Administration which relate to the functions, powers, and duties transferred and assigned by section 1 of this order.

SEC. 4. This order shall become effective at the close of business on November 30, 1953.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

December 1, 1953.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10505
AMENDING THE SELECTIVE SERVICE
REGULATIONS

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Title I of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (62 Stat. 604), as amended, I hereby prescribe the following amendments of the Selective Service Regulations prescribed by Executive Orders No. 10292 of September 25, 1951, and No. 10420' of December 17, 1952, and constituting portions of Chapter XVI of Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

1. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of section 1622.12 of Part 1622, Classification Rules and Principles, are amended to read as follows:

13 CFR, 1951 Supp., p. 480. 23 CFR, 1952 Supp., p. 117.

"(e) Every registrant who after being inducted into the armed forces under the provisions of section 4 (a) of title I of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, has served honorably therein for a period of six months or more, and who (1) has been separated therefrom by honorable discharge or discharge under honorable conditions, or by an equivalent type of release from service, except when such discharge or release was because of erroneous induction, or (2) has been transferred to a reserve component of the armed forces. Each such registrant who has been transferred to a reserve component of the armed forces shall be identified with the abbreviation 'Res.' in the manner provided in § 1622.65, and every other such registrant shall be identified with the abbreviation 'Disc.' in the manner provided in § 1622.64, and upon attaining an age beyond the maximum age of liability for military service under the provisions of the selective service law, all such registrants shall be reclassified in Class V-A.

"(f) Every registrant who on or after June 24, 1948, has entered upon active duty in the armed forces, other than active duty for training only or active duty for the sole purpose of undergoing a physical examination, and has served honorably therein for a period of six months or more, and (1) who has been separated therefrom by honorable discharge or discharge under honorable conditions or by an equivalent type of release from service, except when such discharge or release was because of minority or erroneous enlistment, or (2) who has been separated therefrom by honorable discharge or discharge under honorable conditions or by an equivalent type of release from service and transferred to a reserve component of the armed forces, or (3) who has been transferred to a reserve component of the armed forces. Each such registrant who has been transferred to a reserve component of the armed forces shall be identified with the abbreviation 'Res.' in the manner provided in § 1622.65, and every other such registrant shall be identified with the abbreviation 'Disc.' in the manner provided in § 1622.64, and upon attaining an age beyond the maximum age of liability for military service under the provisions of the selective service law, all such registrants shall be reclassified in Class V-A."

2. Paragraphs (c) and (e) of section 1650.8 of Part 1650, Registration, Classi

fication, Physical Examination, Selection, and Induction of Persons in Medical, Dental, and Allied Specialist Categories, are amended to read as follows:

"(c) In registering persons who are in priority one or priority two, as defined in paragraphs (2), (4), and (5) of section 4 (i) of title I of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, the registrar shall not issue the Registration Certificate (SSS Form No. 2) after the Registration Card (SSS Form No. 1) has been signed by a special registrant but shall give the special registrant a Classification Questionnaire (SSS Form No. 100), three copies of Initial Data for Classification and Commissioning in Medical Services for Medical, Dental and Veterinary Corps (DD Form No. 390), and a return envelope addressed to the local board of the registrar, which forms shall be completed by the special registrant and mailed to the local board in the return envelope within five days after his registration."

"(e) In registering persons who are in priority three or priority four, as defined in paragraphs (2), (4), and (5) of section 4 (i) of title I of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, the registrar shall not issue the Registration Certificate (SSS Form No. 2) after the Registration Card (SSS Form No. 1) has been signed by a special registrant but shall deliver the registration card to the local board of the registrar. The Registration Card (SSS Form No. 1) of such a special registrant shall then be processed, and the Registration Certificate (SSS Form No. 2) shall be prepared and mailed to the special registrant, in the manner provided in paragraph (d) of this section. The Classification Questionnaire (SSS Form No. 100) and the Initial Data for Classification and Commissioning in Medical Services for Medical, Dental and Veterinary Corps (DD Form No. 390) shall not be delivered to registrants who are in priority three or four until such time as is fixed by the Director of Selective Service."

3. (a) Subparagraph (2) of paragraph (e) of section 1650.11 of Part 1650 is amended to read as follows:

"(2) A special registrant shall be placed in Class I-C if he has been inducted into the armed forces under the provisions of section 4 (i) of the Uni

versal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, and thereafter has served on active duty for a period of twelve months or more, and has been separated from the armed forces by honorable discharge or discharge under honorable conditions or by an equivalent type of release from service, or has been so separated and transferred to a reserve component of the armed forces. Each such special registrant who has been transferred to a reserve component of the armed forces shall be identified on all records by following his classification with the abbreviation 'Res.', and every other such special registrant shall be similarly identified with the abbreviation 'Disc.'. Upon attaining the fifty-first anniversary of the day of his birth, each such special registrant shall be reclassified in Class V-A."

(b) Paragraph (1) of section 1650.11 is amended to read as follows:

"(1) (1) A special registrant shall be placed in Class IV-A if he is the sole surviving son of a family of which one or more sons or daughters were killed in action or died in line of duty while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States, or subsequently died as a result of injuries received or disease incurred during such service.

(2) A special registrant shall be placed in Class IV-A if he has served in the active service, as defined in paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 4 (i) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, since September 16, 1940, for a period of twenty-one months or

more.

(3) A special registrant shall be placed in Class IV-A if he is not registered and is not required to register under section 3 of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, and subsequent to September 9, 1950, was called or ordered to active duty as a commissioned member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, and thereafter has served on active duty for a period of twelve months or more, and has been separated from such reserve component by discharge or acceptance of his resignation of his commission."

4. Paragraph (e) of section 1650.30 of Part 1650 is amended to read as follows:

"(e) The State Director of Selective Service shall maintain a record at State Headquarters of the name, local board, date of birth, specialist category, and number of order of priority under para

graphs (2), (4), and (5) of section 4 (i) of title I of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, of each special registrant who has been found acceptable for service in the armed forces. After the State Director of Selective Service has entered this information on such record, he shall forward the records received from the final examining agency of the armed forces for each special registrant to the registrant's local board."

5. Paragraph (b) of section 1650.40 of Part 1650 is amended to read as follows:

"(b) Special calls for specified numbers of male persons in any medical, dental, or allied specialist category shall, on the basis of the best information then available, be allocated, by the Director of Selective Service among the several States and by each State Director of Selective Service among the local boards in his State, in such manner that special registrants in each specialist category who are in Class I-A and Class I-A-O and have been found acceptable for service in the armed forces shall, on a Nation-wide basis within the Nation and a State-wide basis within each State, be ordered for induction in the following

manner:

(1) Within each specialist category. those special registrants who are in a lower numbered order of priority as defined in paragraphs (2), (4), and (5) of section 4 (i) of title I of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, shall be ordered to report for induction before special registrants who are in a higher numbered order of priority.

(2) Those special registrants who are in priority one or priority three, as defined in paragraphs (2), (4), and (5) of section 4 (i) of title I of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, shall be ordered to report for induction in the order of their dates of birth with the youngest being selected first.

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(3) Those special registrants who are in priority two or priority four, as defined in paragraphs (2), (4), and (5) of section 4 (i) of title I of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, amended, shall be ordered to report for induction according to their length of active service, as defined in paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 4 (i) of that Act, with those having the least number of

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10506 DELEGATING CERTAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is hereby authorized and empowered, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, to perform the followingdescribed functions vested in the President under the Public Health Service Act (58 Stat. 682), as amended:

(a) The authority under section 203 (42 U. S. C. 204) to appoint commissioned officers of the Reserve Corps.

(b) The authority under section 206 (b) (42 U. S. C. 207 (b)) to prescribe titles, appropriate to the several grades, for commissioned officers of the Public Health Service other than medical officers.

(c) The authority under section 207 (a) (2) (42 U. S. C. 209 (a) (2)) to terminate commissions of officers of the Reserve Corps without the consent of the officers concerned.

(d) The authority under sections 210 (a), (k), and (1) (42 U. S. C. 211 (a), (k), and (1)) to make or terminate temporary promotions of commissioned officers of the Regular Corps and Reserve Corps.

(e) The authority under section 211 (d) (42 U. S. C. 212 (d)) to approve the voluntary retirement of the Surgeon General.

(f). The authority to prescribe regulations under the following-designated sections: 207 (a), 207 (b), 208 (b), 208 (e), 210 (a), 210 (b), 210 (d) (1), 210 (h), 210 (i), 210 (j) (1), 210 (k), 211 (c), 215 (a), 218 (a), 219 (a), and 510 (42 U. S. C. 209 (a), 209 (b), 210 (b), 210 (e), 211 (a), 211 (b), 211 (d) (1), 211 (h), 211 (i), 211 (j) (1), 211 (k), 212 (c), 216 (a), 218a (a), 210-1 (a), and 228).

(g) The authority under sections 321 (a) and 364 (a) (42 U. S. C. 248 (a) and 267 (a)) to approve the selection of suitable sites for and the establishment of additional institutions, hospitals, sta

tions, grounds, and anchorages; subject, however, to the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, except as he may otherwise provide.

SEC. 2. The Surgeon General is hereby authorized and empowered, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, to perform the function vested in the President by sections 203 and 207 (a) (2) of the Public Health Service Act (58 Stat. 683, 685), as amended (42 U. S. C. 204 and 209 (a) (2)), or otherwise, of accepting voluntary resignations of commissioned officers of the Regular Corps or the Reserve Corps.

SEC. 3. All actions heretofore taken by the President with respect to the matters affected by this order and in force at the time of the issuance of this order, including any regulations prescribed or approved by the President with respect to such matters, shall, except as they may be inconsistent with the provisions of this order, remain in effect until amended, modified, or revoked pursuant to the authority conferred by this order.

SEC. 4. Paragraph 2 of Executive Order No. 99931 of August 31, 1948, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"2. Exercise by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare of certain powers of the President. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized to exercise the powers of the President (a) to terminate temporary promotions under section 6 (b) of the act of February 28, 1948, 62 Stat. 45, and (b) to specify ports under section 366 (a) of the Public Health Service Act.

SEC. 5. As used in this order, the term "functions" embraces duties, powers, responsibilities, authority, or discretion, and the term "perform" may be construed to mean "exercise".

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

SECTION 1. Section 12 of the said Executive Order No. 9805, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 12. (a) Commutation of expenses-general. In lieu of the payment of actual expenses of transportation, packing, crating, drayage, and unpacking of household goods and personal effects in the case of transfers between points within the continental United States, reimbursement shall be made to the employee on a commuted basis at rates per hundred pounds as fixed by zones in Schedule A which is attached to and made a part of these regulations. The amount payable shall be the product of the applicable rate and the net weight of household goods and personal effects actually transported (within the weight limitation prescribed by section 16 hereof). In case the weight of the household goods transported is less than the one-thousandpound minimum weight allowance chargeable under applicable tariffs, the employee may be reimbursed to the extent of the minimum tariff requirement. Government bills of lading shall not be used.

(b) Commutation of expenses-temporary storage. In lieu of the payment of actual expenses of temporary storage of household goods and personal effects in the case of transfers between points within the continental United States and in addition to allowances under Schedule A, reimbursement shall be made to the employee at the commuted rate of $2.00 per hundred pounds for the first 30 days of storage or fraction thereof plus 50¢ per hundred pounds for the next 30 days or fraction thereof: Provided, however, that the amount of the reimbursement shall not exceed the amount

1a 11 F. R. 13823; 3 CFR, 1946 Supp.

23 CFR, 1948 Supp., p. 101.
$3 CFR, 1950 Supp., p. 157.

13 CFR, 1951 Supp., p. 457.

NOTE: The tariffs approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission include minimum weight provisions to insure that, in instances where the charges computed in one bracket exceed those computed for the same mileage in the next higher bracket, the lower rate is used. breakpoint columns in Schedule A are designed as a convenience in determining the proper amount of reimbursement in such instances.

The

1 The rate applicable for the transportation of 1,999 pounds, net, or less for the applicable mileage, column (a), is that shown in column (b) unless the net weight exceeds the number of pounds shown in column (c) for the applicable mileage; in the latter case the applicable rate is that shown in column (d) for the same mileage and the applicable weight is the minimum hundredweight of that column instead of the actual weight of the goods transported.

2 In the case of transportation of household goods weighing 2,000 to 3,999, net, the amount of reimbursement is computed by using columns (d), (e), and (f) in the same manner as described above for columns (b), (c), and (d).

In the case of transportation of household goods weighing 4,000 to 7,000 pounds, net, the amount of reimbursement is the product of the