Company and the Western Railway of Alabama, carriers, and certain of their employees represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, a labor organization; and WHEREAS this dispute has not heretofore been adjusted under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended; and WHEREAS this dispute, in the judgment of the National Mediation Board, threatens substantially to interrupt interstate commerce within the states of Alabama and Georgia to a degree such as to deprive that portion of the country of essential transportation service: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U. S. C. 160), I hereby create a board of three members, to be appointed by me, to investigate the said dispute. No member of the said board shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railway employees or any carrier. The board shall report its findings to the President with respect to the said dispute within thirty days from the date of this order. As provided by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, from this date and for thirty days after the board has made its report to the President, no change, except by agreement, shall be made by the Atlanta & West Point Rail Road Company and the Western Railway of Alabama or their employees in the conditions out of which the said dispute arose. THE WHITE HOUSE, HARRY S. TRUMAN October 15, 1947. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9900 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY, INC., AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES WHEREAS a dispute, other than that referred to in Executive Order No. 9891 of September 15, 1947,1 entitled "Creating an Emergency Board to Investigate a Dispute between the Railway Express Agency, Inc., and Certain of Its Employees," exists between the Railway Express Agency, Inc., a carrier, and certain of its 1Supra. employees represented by Locals 459 and 808, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, AFL, a labor organization; and WHEREAS this dispute has not heretofore been adjusted under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended; and WHEREAS this dispute, in the judgment of the National Mediation Board, threatens substantially to interrupt interstate commerce within the states of New York and New Jersey to a degree such as to deprive that portion of the country of essential transportation service: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U. S. C. 160), I hereby create a board of three members, to be appointed by me, to investigate the said dispute. No member of the said board shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railway employees or any carrier. The board shall report its findings to the President with respect to the said dispute within thirty days from the date of this order. As provided by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, from this date and for thirty days after the board has made its report to the President, no change, except by agreement, shall be made by the Railway Express Agency, Inc., or its employees in the conditions out of which the said dispute arose. THE WHITE HOUSE, HARRY S. TRUMAN October 21, 1947. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9901 APPOINTMENT OF JAMES P. DAVIS, DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF TERRITORIES AND ISLAND POSSESSIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE PUERTO RICO RECONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION 2 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 re *Noted in § 200.2 of Title 48. habilitation, and for other purposes", approved February 11, 1936 (49 Stat. 1135), I hereby appoint James P. Davis, Director, Division of Territories and Island Possessions, Department of the In*terior, as Administrator of the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration, vice Edwin G. Arnold, 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 said Executive orders are hereby amended accordingly. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, October 25, 1947. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9902 ESTABLISHING A SEAL FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WHEREAS section 207 (g) of the National Security Act of 1947, approved July 26, 1947 (Public Law 253, 80th Congress 1st Session), provides, in part, that the Secretary of the Air Force shall cause a seal of office to be made for the Department of the Air Force of such device as the President shall approve; and WHEREAS the Secretary of the Air Force has caused to be made and has recommended that I approve a seal the design of which accompanies and is hereby made a part of this order, and which is described in heraldic terms as follows: SHIELD: Per fess nebuly abased azure and argent, in chief a thunderbolt or inflamed proper. CREST: On a wreath argent and azure an American bald eagle, wings displayed and partially elevated proper in front of a cloud argent. Encircling the shield and crest an arc of thirteen stars and below the shield the inscription "MCMXLVII". ural color. The twists of the wreath shall be alternated white and blue, and the eagle shall be in natural color in front of a white cloud. The thirteen stars shall be white, and the Roman numerals shall be gold. The encircling band shall be white edged in gold with black letters. On a band encircling the whole the inscriptions "Department of the Air Force" and "United States of America". When illustrating the seal in color the background shall be ultramarine blue, the shield a light blue and white, and the thunderbolt in gold with flames in nat for consumption, prior to the thirtieth day after the date of this order, there is hereby terminated the authority of (1) the Secretary of Agriculture and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and its Board of Directors under Executive Order No. 9177 of May 30, 19421 (7 F.R. 4195), (2) the United States Maritime Commission under Executive Order No. 9495 of October 30, 1944 2 (9 F.R. 13035) and (3) the Secretary of Commerce under Executive Order No. 9768 of August 9, 1946 3 (11 F.R. 8711). All provisions of prior Executive orders inconsistent with the provisions of this order are amended accordingly. THE WHITE HOUSE, HARRY S. TRUMAN November 12, 1947. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9904 AMENDING PARAGRAPH 8 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 9635 OF SEPTEMBER 29, 1945,4 PRESCRIBING THE ORDER OF SUCCESSION OF OFFICERS AUTHORIZED TO ACT AS SECRETARY OF THE NAVY 5 By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, it is ordered, in the interest of the internal management of the Government, that paragraph 8 of Executive Order No. 9635 of September 29, 1945, prescribing the order of succession of the officers authorized to act as Secretary of the Navy, be, and it hereby is, amended to read: "8. During the temporary absence of the Secretary of the Navy, the order of succession of the officers who shall act as Secretary of the Navy shall be as follows: The Under Secretary of the Navy, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and the Chief of Naval Operations." EXECUTIVE ORDER 9905 DESIGNATING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY RESOURCES BOARD AND DEFINING THE FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND AUTHORITY OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, and as President of the United States, and in order to assure the adequate and effective performance of the functions of the National Security Resources Board (hereinafter called the Board), established by the National Security Act of 1947 (Public Law 253, 80th Congress, approved July 26, 1947), it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. The Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Labor are hereby designated to be Members of the Board. 2. The Chairman of the Board shall be responsible for the direction of the work and staff of the Board, including, among other things, the preparation and accumulation of factual data necessary to the formulation of plans, policies and programs concerning the coordination of military, industrial and civilian mobilization, for the preparation of reports of such plans, policies, and programs, and for submission of such reports to the President by the Board. 3. Pursuant to requests by the Board, all Federal departments and agencies shall furnish the Board such information, reports, statistics and other data or documents in their possession or under their control or obtainable by them, all in the performance of their normal and lawful functions, and make for the Board such studies, investigations and reports, as are, in the judgment of the Board, necessary or desirable to fulfill the duties and accomplish the functions and purposes of the Board as prescribed by the National Security Act of 1947. HARRY S. TRUMAN 23 CFR 1946 Supp. THE WHITE HOUSE, 43 CFR 1945 Supp. *Noted in § 1.1 of Title 34, infra. November 13, 1947. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9906 REVOCATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 7165 OF AUGUST 29, 1935, RELATING TO THE PREPARATION AND PUBLICITY OF DECISIONS IN RESPECT OF OVERASSESSMENTS OF INCOME, PROFITS, ESTATE, AND GIFT TAXES ALLOWED IN EXCESS OF $20,000 By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 55 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code (53 Stat. 29; 26 U. S. C. 55 (a)), section 257 (a) of the Revenue Act of 1926, section 55 of the Revenue Act of 1928, section 55 of the Revenue Act of 1932, as amended by section 218 (h) of the National Industrial Recovery Act, and section 55 (a) of the Revenue Acts of 1934, 1936, and 1938 (44 Stat. 51, 45 Stat. 809, 47 Stat. 189, 48 Stat. 209, 698, 49 Stat. 1671, and 52 Stat. 478), Executive Order No. 7165 of August 29, 1935, relating to the preparation and publicity of decisions in respect of overassessments of income, profits, estate, and gift taxes allowed in excess of $20,000, is hereby revoked. This order shall become effective upon its filing for publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER. THE WHITE HOUSE, HARRY S. TRUMAN November 18, 1947. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9907 EXCUSING FEDERAL EMPLOYEES FROM DUTY ONE-HALF DAY ON DECEMBER 24, 1947 By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. The several executive departments, independent establishments, and other governmental agencies in the District of Columbia, including the General Accounting Office, the Government Printing Office and the Navy Yard and Naval Stations, shall be closed one-half day on Wednesday, December 24, 1947, the day preceding Christmas Day; and all employees in the Federal service in the District of Columbia, and in the field service of the executive departments, independent establishments, and other agencies of the Government, 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 exist By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and in further effectuation of the policies declared by section 1 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 755), it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. So far as not in conflict with existing law, (a) all disposals of lands, other than public lands, heretofore or hereafter acquired by the United States or any instrumentality thereof, including lands in the Territories and possessions of the United States, except in conveyances where all minerals, including source material, are reserved to the United States, (b) all leases, permits, or other authorizations of whatever kind hereafter granted to remove minerals from such lands, and (c) all leases, permits, or other authorizations which otherwise would preclude the United States from exercising its right to enter upon the lands and prospect for, mine, and remove minerals, shall contain the following reservation: "All uranium, thorium, and all other materials determined pursuant to section 5 (b) (1) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 (60 Stat, 761) to be peculiarly essential to the production of fissionable material, contained, in whatever concentration, in deposits in the lands covered by this instrument are hereby reserved for the use of the United States, together with the right of the United States through its authorized agents or representatives at any time to enter upon the land and prospect for, mine, and remove the same, making just compensation for any damage or injury occasioned thereby. However, such land may be used, and any rights other 1 Noted in § 4.621 of Title 43 and in § 200.51 of Title 30, infra. wise acquired by this disposition may be exercised, as if no reservation of such materials had been made; except that, when such use results in the extraction of any such material from the land in quantities which may not be transferred or delivered without a license under the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, as it now exists or may hereafter be amended, such material shall be the property of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, and the Commission may require delivery of such material to it by any possessor thereof after such material has been separated as such from the ores in which it was contained. If the Commission requires the delivery of such material to it, it shall pay to the person mining or extracting the same, or to such other person as the Commission determines to be entitled thereto, such sums, including profits, as the Commission deems fair and reasonable for the discovery, mining, development, production, extraction, and other services performed with respect to such material prior to such delivery, but such payment shall not include any amount on account of the value of such material before removal from its place of deposit in nature. If the Commission does not require delivery of such material to it, the reservation hereby made shall be of no further force or effect." 2. The reservation required by paragraph 1 above need not be included in any disposition of land which is not in excess of one acre and which is devoted primarily to a residential use. 3. Executive Order No. 9701 of March 4,1946,1 entitled "Providing for the Reservation of Rights to Fissionable Materials in Lands Owned by the United States", is hereby revoked; but such revocation shall not be construed to affect the revocation of Executive Order No. 9613 2 made by Executive Order No. 9701 or the provisions contained therein with respect to the lands released from withdrawal by the revocation of Executive Order No. 9613. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, December 5, 1947. 13 CFR 1946 Supp. 3 CFR 1945 Supp. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9909 EXEMPTING THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FROM MAKING THE REPORTS PROVIDED FOR BY SECTION 49b (2) OF THE ORGANIC ACT OF PUERTO RICO, AS AMENDED By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 49b (2) of the Organic Act of Puerto Rico, as amended by section 6 of the Act of August 5, 1947, Public Law 362, 80th Congress, it is hereby ordered that the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico and the Department of Justice shall be exempt from making the reports to the Coordinator of Federal Agencies in Puerto Rico which are provided for in such section. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9910 CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVES- WHEREAS a dispute exists between the Georgia Railroad, a carrier, and certain of its employees represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, a labor organization; and WHEREAS this dispute has not heretofore been adjusted under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended; and WHEREAS this dispute, in the judgment of the National Mediation Board, threatens substantially to interrupt interstate commerce within the state of Georgia to a degree such as to deprive that portion of the country of essential transportation service: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U. S. C. 160), I hereby create a board of three members, to be appointed by me, to investigate the said dispute. No member of the said board shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railway employees or any carrier. The board shall report its findings to the President with respect to the said dispute within thirty days from the date of this order. As provided by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, from this |