Executive Order 10852 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10530,1 PROVIDING FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS VESTED IN OR SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE PRESIDENT 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 that Executive Order No. 10530 of May 10, 1954, entitled "Providing for the Performance of Certain Functions Vested in or Subject to the Approval of the President," be, and it is hereby, amended by deleting from section 4(b) thereof the words "capital grants with respect to projects assisted under Title I of the said act" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "grants under Title I of that act”. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

November 27, 1959.

Executive Order 10853

DELEGATING THE AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT WITH RESPECT TO VARIOUS ALLOWANCES TO CERTAIN GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL ON FOREIGN DUTY

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 7(a) and 8(a) of the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act (73 Stat. 216) and by section 235(a) of title 38 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. The regulations contained in Executive Order No. 10000' of September 16, 1948, as now or hereafter amended, which govern the payment of additional compensation in foreign areas (referred to as foreign post differential) shall govern the payment of the additional compensation authorized by section 8(a) (2) of the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act of 1959, subject to the provisions of section 8(b) of that act (73 Stat. 216).

119 F.R. 2709; 3 CFR, 1954 Supp. 23 CFR 1943-1948 Comp., p. 792.

SEC. 2. Paragraph 1 of Executive Order No. 100111 of October 22, 1948, as amended, is hereby further amended by adding the following subsections (e) and (f) at the end thereof:

"(e) The authority vested in the President by section 7(a) of the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act (73 Stat. 216) to prescribe regulations relating to quarters, quarters allowance, and storage, and the authority vested in the President by section 8(a) (1) of that act to prescribe regulations relating to cost-ofliving allowances.

"(f) The authority vested in the President by section 235 (a) of title 38 of the United States Code to prescribe rules and regulations with respect to allowances and benefits similar to those provided by those sections of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 designated in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (5), (6), and (8) of section 235(a)."

SEC. 3. The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is hereby authorized to exercise the authority vested in the President by section 235(a) of title 38 of the United States Code to prescribe rules and regulations with respect to allowances and benefits similar to those provided by those sections of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 designated in paragraphs (4) and (7) of section 235(a).

SEC. 4. The rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of State or the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs pursuant to section 2 or section 3 of this order shall become effective on such dates as those officials shall, respectively, determine, but not in any case earlier than July 28, 1959.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

November 27, 1959.

Executive Order 10854 EXTENSION OF THE APPLICATION OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION ACT OF 1958

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1110 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 800; 49 U.S.C. 1510), and as President of the United States, and having determined that such action would be in the national interest, I hereby order as follows:

13 CFR, 1943-1948 Comp., p. 834.

The application of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 731; 49 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.), to the extent necessary to permit the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency to accomplish the purposes and objectives of Titles III and XII thereof (49 U.S.C. 1341-1355 and 15211523), is hereby extended to those areas of land or water outside the United States and the overlying airspace thereof over or in which the Federal Government of the United States, under international treaty, agreement or other lawful arrangement, has appropriate jurisdiction or control: Provided, that the Administrator, prior to taking any action under the authority hereby conferred, shall first consult with the Secretary of State on matters affecting foreign relations, and with the Secretary of Defense on matters affecting national-defense interests, and shall not take any action which the Secretary of State determines to be in conflict with any international treaty or agreement to which the United States is a party, or to be inconsistent with the successful conduct of the foreign relations of the United States, or which the Secretary of Defense determines to be inconsistent with the requirements of national defense.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

November 27, 1959.

Executive Order 10855 INSPECTION OF INCOME TAX RETURNS BY THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 55(a) and 508 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 (53 Stat. 29, 111; 54 Stat. 1008; 26 U.S.C. 55(a) and 508), and by section 6103 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (68A Stat. 753; 26 U.S.C. 6103(a)), it is hereby ordered that any income tax return for the years 1945 to 1958, inclusive, shall, during the Eighty-sixth Congress, be open to inspection by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, in connection with its study and investigation of the applicability of the antitrust and antimonopoly laws of the United States to professional boxing, pursuant to Senate Resolution 57, 86th Congress, agreed to February 2, 1959, such inspection to be

in accordance and upon compliance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury in Treasury Decisions 6132 and 6133, relating to the inspection of returns by committees of the Congress, approved by me on May 3, 1955.

This order shall be effective upon its filing for publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

November 27, 1959.

Executive Order 10856

EXCUSING FEDERAL EMPLOYEES FROM DUTY FOR ONE-HALF DAY ON DECEMBER 24, 1959

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered that employees of the several executive departments, independent establishments, and other governmental agencies, including the General Accounting Office, the Government Printing Office, and the field services of the respective departments, establishments, and agencies of the Government,

126 CFR 301.6103 (a) -101. 226 CFR (1939) 458.324.

except those who may for special public reasons be excluded from the provisions of this order by the heads of their respective departments, establishments, or agencies, or those whose absence from duty would be inconsistent with the provisions of existing law, shall be excused from duty for one-half day on Thursday, December 24, 1959, the day preceding Christmas Day; and such one-half day shall be considered a holiday within the meaning of Executive Order No. 10358 of June 9, 1952, and of all statutes so far as they relate to the compensation and leave of employees of the United States.

The heads of departments, agencies, and independent establishments shall, to the extent consistent with the needs of the service, adopt a liberal policy for the granting of annual leave to all employees who wish to take such leave over the holiday period.

This order shall not be construed as excusing from duty those employees of the Department of State, the Department of Defense, or other departments, establishments, or agencies who for national security or other public reasons should, in the judgment of the respective heads thereof, be at their posts of duty. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

December 3, 1959.

Executive Order 10857 DETERMINING THE TERMINATION OF CERTAIN FEDERAL FUNCTIONS IN ALASKA AND DELEGATING TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR THE AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT TO TRANSFER TO ALASKA PROPERTY OWNED OR HELD BY THE UNITED STATES IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH FUNCTIONS

WHEREAS section 6(e) of the act of July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, as amended, provides that the administration and management of the fish and wildlife resources of Alaska shall be transferred to the State of Alaska on the first day of the first calendar year following the expiration of ninety calendar days after the Secretary of the Interior certifies to the Congress that the Alaska State Legislature has made adequate provision for the administration, management, and conservation of such resources in the broad national interest; and

WHEREAS the Secretary of the Interior made such certification to the Congress on April 27, 1959; and

WHEREAS section 45(a) of the Alaska Omnibus Act (73 Stat. 152) provides that if the President determines that any function performed by the Federal Government in Alaska has been terminated by the Federal Government and that performance of such function or substantially the same function has been or will be assumed by the State of Alaska, the President may, until July 1, 1964, in his discretion, transfer and convey to the State of Alaska, without reimbursement, any property or interest in property, real or personal, situated in Alaska which is owned or held by the

United States in connection with such function; and

WHEREAS it appears that it would be in the public interest to delegate to the Secretary of the Interior, to the extent hereinafter indicated, the authority vested in the President by section 45(a) of the Alaska Omnibus Act;

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 45(a) of the Alaska Omnibus Act (73 Stat. 152) and section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. It is hereby determined that the functions performed by the United States in Alaska pursuant to the Alaska game law of July 1, 1943, 57 Stat. 301, the act of June 26, 1906, 34 Stat. 478, the act of June 6, 1924, 43 Stat. 465, and the acts amending or supplementing such acts, will terminate on December 31, 1959, and that the same functions or substantially the same functions will be assumed by the State of Alaska.

SEC. 2. There is hereby delegated to the Secretary of the Interior, effective January 1, 1960, the authority vested in the President by section 45(a) of the Alaska Omnibus Act to transfer and convey to the State of Alaska, without reimbursement, any property or interest in property, real or personal, situated in Alaska which is owned or held by the United States in connection with the functions described in section 1 hereof.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to redelegate to (1) the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, (2) the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife, (3) the Directors of the Bureaus of Commercial Fisheries and