or function transferred by this order shall remain in effect except insofar as they are in conflict with this order or are hereafter amended under proper authority.

7. Such further measures and dispositions as may be determined by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget to be necessary to effectuate the transfer or redistribution of the functions provided for in this order shall be carried out in such manner as the Director may direct and by such agencies as he may designate.

8. All provisions of prior Executive orders which are in conflict with this order are amended accordingly; provided that no functions or duties of any agency or officer not expressly transferred hereunder shall be deemed to have been transferred or modified by this order.

By virtue of the authority vested in me under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 (49 Stat. 115, 118) and the act entitled "An Act to provide that funds allocated to Puerto Rico under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 may be expended for permanent rehabilitation, and for other purposes", approved February 11, 1936 (49 Stat. 1135), I hereby appoint Edwin G. Arnold, Director, Division of Territories and Island Possessions, Department of the Interior, as Administrator of the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration, vice Benjamin W. Thoron, resigned, to serve without additional compensation, and to exercise and discharge the functions, duties, and authority conferred upon the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration and the Administrator by Executive Orders No. 7057 of May 28, 1935, No. 7180 of September 6, 1935, as amended by No. 7554 of February 17, 1937, and No. 7689 of August 12, 1937.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

September 19, 1945.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9620

ABOLISHING THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC STABILIZATION AND TRANSFERRING ITS FUNCTIONS TO THE OFFICE OF WAR MOBILIZATION AND RECONVERSION

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, particularly by Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941, and section 2 of the act of October 2, 1942, 56 Stat. 765, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:2

The Office of Economic Stabilization, established by Executive Order No. 9250 of October 3, 1942, and the office of Economic Stabilization Director, are abolished. All functions, authority, records, property, personnel, and funds of the Office of Economic Stabilization are transferred to the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, and all functions of the Economic Stabilization Director are transferred to the Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion. The Economic Stabilization Board, established by Executive Order No. 9250, is transferred to the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion for the purpose of advising and consulting with the Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion with respect to the functions

1 Codified as § 50.7 (k) of Title 5, infra. *Noted in Chapter XVIII of Title 32.

transferred by this order. All prior regulations, rulings, and other directives relating to the Office of Economic Stabilization shall remain in effect except insofar as they are in conflict with this order or are hereafter amended by the Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion.

All prior Executive orders in conflict herewith are amended accordingly. HARRY S. TRUMAN ⚫

THE WHITE HOUSE,

September 20, 1945.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9621

TERMINATION OF THE OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES AND DISPOSITION OF ITS FUNCTIONS

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Statutes, including Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941, and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Army and the Navy, it is hereby ordered as follows:

1. There are transferred to and consolidated in an Interim Research and Intelligence Service, which is hereby established in the Department of State, (a) the functions of the Research and Analysis Branch and of the Presentation Branch of the Office of Strategic Services (provided for by the Military Order of June 13, 1942), excluding such functions performed within the countries of Germany and Austria, and (b) those other functions of the Office of Strategic Services (hereinafter referred to as the Office) which relate to the functions of the said Branches transferred by this paragraph. The functions of the Director of Strategic Services and of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, relating to the functions transferred to the Service by this paragraph, are transferred to the Secretary of State. The personnel, property, and records of the said Branches, except such thereof as is located in Germany and Austria, and so much of the other personnel, property, and records of the Office and of the funds of the Office as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall determine to relate primarily to the functions transferred by this paragraph, are transferred to the said Service. Military personnel now on duty in connection with the activities transferred by this paragraph may, sub

ject to applicable law and to the extent mutually agreeable to the Secretary of State and to the Secretary of War or the Secretary of the Navy, as the case may be, continue on such duty in the Department of State.

2. The Interim Research and Intelligence Service shall be abolished as of the close of business December 31, 1945, and the Secretary of State shall provide for winding up its affairs. Pending such abolition, (a) the Secretary of State may transfer from the said Service to such agencies of the Department of State as he shall designate any function of the Service, (b) the Secretary may curtail the activities carried on by the Service, (c) the head of the Service, who shall be designated by the Secretary, shall be responsible to the Secretary or to such other officer of the Department of State as the Secretary shall direct, and (d) the Service shall, except as otherwise provided in this order, be administered as an organizational entity in the Department of State.

3. All functions of the Office not transferred by paragraph 1 of this order, together with all personnel, records, property, and funds of the Office not so transferred, are transferred to the Department of War; and the Office, including the office of the Director of Strategic Services, is terminated. The functions of the Director of Strategic Services and of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, relating to the functions transferred by this paragraph, are transferred to the Secretary of War. Naval personnel on duty with the Office in connection with the activities transferred by this paragraph may, subject to applicable law and to the extent mutually agreeable to the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy, continue on such duty in the Department of War. The Secretary of War shall, whenever he deems it compatible with the national interest, discontinue any activity transferred by this paragraph and wind up all affairs relating thereto.

4. Such further measures and dispositions as may be determined by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget to be necessary to effectuate the transfer or redistribution of functions provided for in this order shall be carried out in such manner as the Director may direct and by such agencies as he may designate.

5. All provisions of prior orders of the President which are in conflict with this order are amended accordingly.

6. This order shall, except as otherwise specifically provided, be effective as of the opening of business October 1, 1945. HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

September 20, 1945.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9622

REVOCATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 9103 OF MARCH 18, 1942,1 PROVIDING UNIFORM CONTROL OVER THE PUBLICATION AND USE OF FEDERAL STATISTICAL INFORMATION WHICH WOULD GIVE AID AND COMFORT TO THE ENEMY

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that Executive Order No. 9103 of March 18, 1942, providing for uniform control over the publication and use of Federal statistical information which would give aid and comfort to the enemy, be, and it is hereby, revoked.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE, September 20, 1945.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9623

[Reinstating Leland B. Morris in the foreign service of the United States; September 20, 1945; not published]

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9624

[Reinstating Willys R. Peck in the foreign service of the United States; September 20, 1945; not published]

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9625

REVOKING EXECUTIVE ORDER 9294 oF JANUARY 4, 1943,1 FURTHER DEFINING THE FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF DEFENSE TRANSPORTATION

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, it is ordered that

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EXECUTIVE ORDER 9626 APPOINTMENT OF THE MEMBER AND ALTERNATE MEMBER FOR THE UNITED STATES OF THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL ESTABLISHED FOR THE TRIAL AND PUNISHMENT OF THE MAJOR WAR CRIMINALS OF THE EUROPEAN AXIS

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

1. In accordance with Article II of the Charter of the International Military Tribunal established by the Government of the United States of America, the Provisional Government of the French Republic, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for the trial and punishment of the major war criminals of the European Axis, pursuant to their agreement of August 8, 1945, I hereby appoint Francis Biddle of Pennsylvania to be the Member for the United States of the International Military Tribunal and John J. Parker of North Carolina to be the Alternate Member for the United States of the International Military Tribunal.

2. The Member for the United States of the International Military Tribunal shall receive such compensation and allowance for expenses as may be determined by the Secretary of State. The Alternate Member shall serve without compensation but shall receive such allowance for expenses as may be authorized by the Secretary of State.

3. The Secretary of State, the Secretary of War, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of the Navy are authorized to provide appropriate assistance to the Member and the Alternate Member in the performance of their duties hereunder and may assign or detail such personnel, including members of the armed

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9627

AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER 96111 OF SEPTEMBER 10, 1945, REESTABLISHING THE ADVISORY BOARD ON JUST COMPENSATION

WHEREAS Judge John J. Parker is unable to serve as a member of the Advisory Board on Just Compensation as reestablished by Executive Order 9611 of September 10, 1945:

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, and particularly by the First War Powers Act, 1941, as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, I hereby amend paragraph 2 of the said Executive Order 9611 to read as follows:

"The Board, as hereby re-established, shall consist of the following members: Judge Joseph C. Hutcheson, Jr., Judge Charles E. Clark, and Justice Irwin Untermyer."

The period of sixty days specified in paragraph 1 of the said Order, shall begin to run on the date of this Order. HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

September 24, 1945.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9628

AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT TO POSITIONS OF CONTACT REPRESENTATIVE, VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES 2

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the provisions of paragraph Eighth, subdivision Second, section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403, 404), it is hereby ordered that upon recommendation to the Civil Service Commission of the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, any person entitled to veteran's preference who has been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor may be appointed to the classified

1 Supra.

Tabulated in § 91.2 of Title 5, infra.

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EXECUTIVE ORDER 9629

AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER 9492, PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING NONMILITARY AND NON-NAVAL TRANSPORTATION ON ARMY AND NAVY AIR TRANSPORTS

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, it is ordered that Executive Order 9492 of October 24, 1944,3 prescribing regulations governing non-military and non-naval transportation on Army and Navy air transports, be, and it is hereby, amended by substituting the words "eighteen months" for the words "one year" occurring in section 2 (c) thereof. HARRY S. TRUMAN

2. There are transferred to the Department of State all functions of the Administration and of its agencies with respect to:

(a) The administration of the Act of March 11, 1941, as amended, entitled "An Act further to promote the defense of the United States and for other purposes."

(b) The participation by the United States in the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, as defined in Executive Order No. 9453 of July 6, 1944.

(c) Activities in liberated areas with respect to supplying the requirements of and procuring materials in such areas under paragraph 4 of the said Executive Order No. 9380.

(d) The gathering, analysis, and reporting of economic and commercial information, insofar as such functions are performed abroad.

(e) The planning of measures for the control of occupied territories.

(f) The administration of Allocation No. 42/3-98 of February 1, 1943 from the appropriation, "Emergency Fund for the President, National Defense, 1942 and 1943."

3. There are transferred to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation:

(a) The Rubber Development Corporation, the Petroleum Reserves Corporation, and the U. S. Commercial Company and their functions, capital stock, assets, and liabilities. The board of directors of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation may reconstitute the boards of directors of the said transferred corporations.

(b) The functions of the Administration (including those of the U. S. Commercial Company) with respect to the procurement of commodities abroad, excluding such functions transferred to the Department of Agriculture under paragraph 5 of this Part.

4. There are transferred to the Department of Commerce all functions of the Administration and its agencies with respect to :

(a) Export control, including all functions of the Administration under section 6 of the Act of July 2, 1940 (54 Stat. 714), as amended and extended.

(b) The Technical Industrial Intelligence Committee (under existing directive of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff).

(c) The facilitation of trade, including functions affecting foreign trade and do

mestic commerce and the functions of the Clearing Office for Foreign Transactions and Reports, except as any of the aforesaid functions are otherwise transferred by this Part.

(d) Any other matter not transferred by this Part, including the final liquidation of the Administration and winding up of such of its affairs as are not otherwise transferred by this order.

5. There are transferred to the Department of Agriculture the functions of the Office of Foreign Food Programs and all other functions of the Administration with respect to food (as defined in paragraph 10 of Executive Order No. 9280 of December 5, 1942), food machinery, and other food facilities.

6. There are transferred to the heads of the agencies to which functions are transferred by this Part the respective functions of the Administrator of the Foreign Economic Administration, hereafter referred to as the Administrator, which relate to the functions so transferred to the aforesaid agencies.

PART II

7. For the purpose of unifying the disposition of foreign property owned by the United States in foreign areas under a single agency acting in conformity with the foreign policy of the United States and with the Surplus Property Act of 1944, and consonant with the transfer of such disposition function under paragraph 2 (a) hereof and the designation of the Department of State, pursuant to the provisions of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as a disposal agency for all surplus property in foreign areas, excepting certain vessels, there are transferred to the Department of State all functions of the Army-Navy Liquidation Commissioner (under whatever authority, including War Department Memorandum No. 850-45, dated January 27, 1945 and letter of the Secretary of the Navy dated February 1, 1945) and all functions of the War Department and the Navy Department relating to the disposition abroad of property captured from the enemy. So much of the functions of the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy as relates thereto is transferred to the Secretary of State. The office of Army-Navy Liquidation Commissioner is abolished.

8. The War Department and the Navy Department shall each store, care for, handle, deliver and keep the fiscal and