respective department such of his functions under this order as he may deem necessary. 4. Any money, property, or interest received as reimbursement by the United States by virtue of any agreement made pursuant to the said act of September 28, 1950, shall be administered and disposed of by the Attorney General as vested property pursuant to the said Trading With the Enemy Act, as amended. Any other money, property, or interest received by the Secretary of State or the Attorney General pursuant to any such agreement shall be administered and disposed of pursuant to the provisions of such agreement. EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10254, OF JUNE 15, 1951 By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including the Trading With the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917, 40 Stat. 411, as amended, the Philippine Property Act of 1946, 60 Stat. 418, as amended, section 1753 of the Revised Statutes, the Civil Service Act, 22 Stat. 403, and section 101 (b) of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1947, 61 Stat. 951, and as President of the United States, and in effectuation of those provisions of the General Appropriation Act, 1951, relating to the Philippine Alien Property Administration, it is ordered as follows: 1. The Philippine Alien Property Administration, established by Executive Order No. 9818 of January 7, 1947, is hereby terminated. All authority, rights, privileges, powers, duties, and functions vested in such Administration or in the Philippine Alien Property Administrator 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 Philippine Alien Property Administration or the Administrator thereof, and all proceeds thereof, which are held or administered by the Philippine Alien Property Administration or the Administrator thereof are hereby transferred to the Attorney General of the United States. 3. All personnel, records, files, furniture, funds, authorizations, equipment, and supplies of the Philippine Alien Property Administration are hereby transferred to the Department of Justice. 4. All necessary expenses incurred in the administration or operation of the functions, duties, authority, rights, privileges, and powers hereby vested in or transferred or delegated to the Attorney General shall be paid, to the extent permitted and in the manner prescribed by law, from funds or property or interest vested in or transferred to the Attorney General by or pursuant to the authority contained in this order, so as to prevent diminution of funds otherwise available for the War Claims Fund under section 39 of the Trading With the Enemy Act, as amended by section 12 of the act of July 3, 1948, 62 Stat. 1246. This order shall become effective at the close of business in Washington, D.C., on June 29, 1951, and shall at that time supersede all prior Executive orders to the extent that they are in conflict with this order. 48081-62- -11 EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10348, OF APRIL 26, 1952 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. EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10587, OF JANUARY 13, 1955 By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Trading With the Enemy Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq.), and by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code (65 Stat. 713), and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1. The Jewish Restitution Successor Organization, a charitable membership organization incorporated under the laws of the State of New York, is hereby designated as successor in interest to deceased persons in accordance with and for the purposes of subsection (h) of section 32 of the Trading With the Enemy Act, as added by Public Law 626, approved August 23, 1954 (68 Stat. 767). SEC. 2. Exclusive of the function vested in the President by the first sentence of the said subsection (h) of section 32 of the Trading With the Enemy Act, the Attorney General shall carry out the functions provided for in that subsection, including the powers, duties, authority and discretion thereby vested in or conferred upon the President; and functions under the said subsection are hereby delegated to the Attorney General, and the Attorney General is hereby designated thereunder, accordingly. SEC. 3. The Attorney General may delegate to any officer and agency of the Department of Justice such of his functions under this order as he may deem necessary. EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10644, OF NOVEMBER 7, 1955 By virtue of the authority vested in me by Title II of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as added by Public Law 285, 84th Congress, approved August 9, 1955 (69 Stat. 562), and 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 Attorney General, and, as designated by the Attorney General for this purpose, any Assistant Attorney General are hereby designated and empowered to perform the functions conferred by the said Title II of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 upon the President, and the functions conferred by that title upon any designee of the President. SEC. 2. The Attorney General is hereby designated as the officer in whom property shall vest under the said Title II. SEC. 3. As used in this order, the term "functions" includes duties, powers, responsibilities, authority, and discretion, and the term "perform" may be construed to include "exercise". PROCLAMATION 2914, PROCLAIMING THE EXISTENCE OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Whereas recent events in Korea and elsewhere constitute a grave threat to the peace of the world and imperil the efforts of this country and those of the United Nations to prevent aggression and armed conflict; and Whereas world conquest by Communist imperialism is the goal of the forces of aggression that have been loosed upon the world; and Whereas, if the goal of Communist imperialism were to be achieved, the people of this country would no longer enjoy the full and rich life they have with God's help built for themselves and their children; they would no longer enjoy the blessings of the freedom of worshipping as they severally choose, the freedom of reading and listening to what they choose, the right of free speech including the right to criticize their Government, the right to choose those who conduct their Government, the right to engage freely in collective bargaining, the right to engage freely in their own business enterprises, and the many other freedoms and rights which are a part of our way of life; and Whereas the increasing menace of the forces of Communist aggression requires that the national defense of the United States is strengthened as speedily as possible; Now, therefore, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do proclaim the existence of a national emergency, which requires that the military, naval, air, and civilian defenses of this country be strengthened as speedily as possible to the end that we may be able to repel any and all threats against our national security and to fulfill our responsibilities in the efforts being made through the United Nations and otherwise to bring about lasting peace. I summon all citizens to make a united effort for the security and well-being of our beloved country and to place its needs foremost in thought and action that the full moral and material strength of the Nation may be readied for the dangers which threaten us. I summon our farmers, our workers in industry, and our businessmen to make a mighty production effort to meet the defense requirements of the Nation and to this end to eliminate all waste and inefficiency and to subordinate all lesser interests to the common good. I summon every person and every community to make, with a spirit of neighborliness, whatever sacrifices are necessary for the welfare of the Nation. I summon all State and local leaders and officials to cooperate fully with the military and civilian defense agencies of the United States in the national defense program. I summon all citizens to be loyal to the principles upon which our Nation is founded, to keep faith with our friends and allies, and to be firm in our devotion to the peaceful purposes for which the United Nations was founded. I am confident that we will meet the dangers that confront us with courage and determination, strong in the faith that we can thereby "secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity." In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this 16th day of December (10:20 a.m.) in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty, [SEAL] and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-fifth. By the President: (15 F.R. 9029, December 19, 1950.) HARRY S. TRUMAN. DEAN ACHESON, * [EXTRACT FROM REORGANIZATION PLAN No. 1 of 1947] [House Doc. No. 230, 80th Cong., 1st Session] SECTION 101. Functions of the Alien Property Custodian.—(a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, all functions vested by law in the Alien Property Custodian or the Office of Alien Property by Custodian are transferred to the Attorney General and shall be performed by him, or, subject to his direction and control, by such officers and agencies of the Department of Justice as he may designate. (b) The functions vested by law in the Alien Property Custodian or the Office of Alien Property Custodian with respect to property or interests located in the Philippines or which were so located at the time of vesting in or transfer to an officer or agency of the United States under the Trading With the Enemy Act, as amended, are transferred to the President and shall be performed by him or, subject to his direction and control, by such officers and agencies as he may designate. * [EXTRACT FROM REORGANIZATION PLAN No. 2 OF 1950] SECTION 1. Transfer of functions to the Attorney General.—(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, there are hereby transferred to the Attorney General all functions of all other officers of the Department of Justice and all functions of all agencies and employees of such Department. (b) This section shall not apply to the functions vested by the Administrative Procedure Act (60 Stat. 237) in hearing examiners employed by the Department of Justice, nor to the functions of the Federal Prison Industries, Inc., of the Board of Directors and officers of the Federal Prison Industries, Inc., or of the Board of Parole. SEC. 2. Performance of functions of the Attorney General.-The Attorney General may from time to time make such provisions as he shall deem appropriate authorizing the performance by any other officer, or by any agency or employee, of the Department of Justice of any function of the Attorney General, including any function transferred to the Attorney General by the provisions of this reorganization plan. * * * * SEC. 6. Incidental transfers.-The Attorney General may from time to time effect such transfers within the Department of Justice of any of the records, property, personnel, and unexpended balances (available or to be made available) of appropriations, allocations, and other funds of such Department as he may deem necessary in order to carry out the provisions of this reorganization plan. [EXTRACT FROM REORGANIZATION PLAN No. 19 of 1950] [House Doc. No. 524, 81st Cong., 2d Session] * * * * EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION FUNCTIONS SECTION 1. Bureau of Employees' Compensation. The Bureau of Employees' Compensation of the Federal Security Agency, together with its functions, is transferred to the Department of Labor and shall be administered under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of Labor. The functions of the Federal Security Administrator, and of the Federal Security Agency, with respect to the Bureau of Employees' Compensation and with respect to employees' compensation (including workmen's compensation) are transferred to the Secretary of Labor *** * * * SEC. 2. Employees' Compensation Appeals Board. The Employees' Compensation Appeals Board of the Federal Security Agency, together with the functions thereof, is transferred to the Department of Labor. The functions of the Federal Security Administrator with respect to the Employees' Compensation Appeals Board are transferred to the Secretary of Labor. The Board shall continue to have authority to hear and, subject to applicable law and the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Labor, to make final decision on appeals taken from determinations and awards with respect to claims of employees of the Federal Government or of the District of Columbia. |