NPA DELEGATION 14, AS AMENDED AUGUST 3, 1951-DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO PROCESS APPLICATIONS UNDER NPA ORDER M-4 (CONSTRUCTION) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE NATIONAL PRODUCTION AUTHORITY [NPA Delegation 14, as amended Aug. 3, 1951] ADMINISTRATOR OF FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY ET AL. DEL 14 As amended AUGUST 3, 1951 DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO PROCESS APPLICATIONS UNDER NPA ORDER M-4 AND TO MAKE ALLOTMENTS AND ASSIGN RATINGS UNDER CMP REGULATION NO. 6 NPA Delegation 14, as last amended July 11, 1951 (16 F. R. 6735), is hereby further amended to read as follows: 1. Pursuant to the authority under the Defense Production Act of 1950 as amended, Executive Orders 10161 (15 F. R. 6105) and 10200 (16 F. R. 61), and Defense Production Administration Delegation 1 (16 F. R. 738), the following functions to be performed pursuant to NPA order M-4A and CMP Regulation No. 6 are delegated to each of the persons named in Table I of this delegation with power to delegate and to authorize successive delegations with respect to the categories of construction set forth in Table I opposite his name: To authorize construction schedules of prime contractors in accordance with the provisions of CMP Regulation No. 6; to make allotments of controlled materials for co struction; to apply or to assign to others the right to apply DO ratings and allotment numbers and symbols for procurement of materials and products other than controlled materials which are required for construction under an approved construction program as provided by CMP Regulation No. 6. Power is further delegated to process applications for adjustment or exception under the provisions of CMP Regulation No. 6, and to take final appellate action under the regulation. 2. The authority delegated by paragraph 1 of this delegation shall be exercised within such construction program determinations or other quantitative restrictions as may be established by the Defense Production Administration, and in accordance with such instructions, record-keeping and reporting requirements, and policy directives, as may be issued from time to time by the National Production Authority. Such delegated, authority shall also be exercised in conformity with the regulations and orders of the National Production Authority, and in conformity with the provisions of CMP Regulation No. 6, and as contained in the instructions applicable to forms to be made use of in connection with CMP Regulation No. 6, or such other forms as have been or will be approved by the National Production Authority. 3. In addition, the following power is delegated to the persons named in subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph with power to delegate and to authorize successive delegations. (a) To the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, and to the Administrator of the Federal Security Agency, power to receive, consider, pass upon, and take action in his own name, including appellate action, upon applications for adjustment or exception under the provisions of section 4 of NPA Order M-4A, to authorize commencement of construction of buildings, structures, or projects of the type specified in Table I NPA Order M-4A, which buildings, structures, or projects are required as part of an integrated hospital program. (b) To the Administrator of the Federal Security Agency, power to receive, consider, pass upon, and take action in his own name, including appellate action, upon applications for adjustment or exception under the provisions of section 4 of NPA Order M-4A, to authorize commencement of construction of a gymnasium which is to be an integral part of a school plant and is to be used primarily in instructional purposes in physical education and training, and which does not include facilities for spectator seating. 4. Any adjustment or exception under NPA Order M-4A issued by any delegate pursuant to this delegation must be correlated with the delegate's activities under the Controlled Materials Plan of the National Production Authority; and all projects approved by each delegate, and the allotment of controlled materials made therefore, will be charged against the total construction program and allotments approved for such delegate by the Defense Production Administration. 5. As used in this delegation, the terms "petroleum," "gas," "solid fuels," "electric power," "metals and minerals," "food," "domestic transportation," "storage," and and "port facilities" have the same meanings as are set forth in Executive Order 10161. 6. All actions taken pursuant to this delegation shall be in the name of the delegate or other official to whom like authority has been delegated by the delegate, and shall be authenticated by the signature and title of the individual authorized to take such actions. This amendment shall take effect on August 3, 1951. NATIONAL PRODUCTION AUTHORITY, TABLE I Delegate Category of Construction The Administrator of the Fed- All school and library construction, all hospital and health eral Security Agency. The Administrator of Veterans' The Administrator of the Hous- facility construction other than the Veterans' Administration and military hospitals; all other health and sanitation programs (but not water supply and sewer construction programs) except such types of construction on federally owned property under the control of the Atomic Energy Commission, and such types of construction on military reservations; college housing. The hospital program of the Veterans' Administration. Housing construction, alteration, and repair, except: housing and community facilities on federally owned property under the control of the Atomic Energy Commission; housing on military reservations; military housing under Public Law 211, 81st Congress; college housing; and farmstead construction. TABLE I-Continued Delegate Category of Construction The Secretary of Agriculture--- Farm construction, including farmstead construction; food production and processing facilities, and whole sale food distribution facilities, within the limits of the memorandum of agreement between the Administrator of the Production and Marketing Administration and the Administrator of the National Production Authority (16 F. R. 3410), as from time to time amended or supplemented. The Secretary of the Interior--- Facilities for departmental programs of the Department The of the Interior; facilities for the production, preparation, and processing of solid fuels; facilities for the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric power; facilities for the production and processing of the metals and minerals listed in column 1 of Appendir A of NPA Delegation No. 5; facilities for the production and processing of fishery products. Petroleum Administrator Facilities for the production, processing, refining, and dis for Defense. tribution of petroleum and gas, and facilities for the production, processing, and distribution of the products listed in Appendix A of NPA Delegation No. 9 (but not filling stations). The Secretary of Commerce--- Bureau of Public Roads programs for highway construc The Administrator of the Defense Transport Administration. The Atomic Energy Commission. The National Advisory Commit- General tion. tion and maintenance of all rural and urban highways streets, highway equipment, repair shops, bridges, tha nels, toll road facilities, and appurtenant installations. regardless of financing; air navigation facilities, civil airports; shipyards. Facilities for domestic transportation, storage, and port facilities, as defined in E. O. 10161. All construction by, or for the account of the Atomic All construction by, or for the account of the National Services Administra- Federal buildings and facilities except as otherwise desig- EXHIBIT 17 DMPA ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF DMPA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR AND ISSUANCE OF DMPA DELEGATION NO. 1 DEFENSE MATERIALS PROCUREMENT AGENCY For immediate release Friday, September 14, 1951. Washington, D. C. DMPA-1 Jess Larson today was sworn in as Defense Materials Procurement Administrator. His first official acts as head of the agency which President Truman estab lished August 28 by Executive order were to: 1. Appoint Howard I. Young, president of the American Zinc, Lead & Smelting Co., St. Louis, Mo., DMPA Deputy Administrator. 2. Issue DMPA Regulation No. 1, under which he immediately assumes responsibility for recommending the issuance of certificates for the purchase of metals and minerals, the making of loans to stimulate their development and production, and accelerated tax amortization. At the same time, the regulation temporarily continues other functions which are to be taken over by DMPA in the agencies now performing them. This ac tion was necessary to assure the uninterrupted conduct of business pending the establishment of appropriate organizational units in DMPA. Mr. Young, who is on leave of absence from American Zinc, Lead & Smelting Co., served on the War Production Board during World War II. He was Director of the Minerals Bureau and the Mineral Resources Coordinating Division and Deputy Vice Chairman for Metals and Minerals. He is president of the American Mining Congress and has had more than 40 years of mining and minerals experience. Mr. Larson said that DMPA will strive "to achieve the kind of a steady flow of strategic and critical materials necessary to assure fulfillment of our preparedness production and national stockpile objectives, in accordance with time schedules prescribed by Defense Mobilizer Charles Wilson, and maintenance of our essential civilian economy during this period of mobilization." Mr. Larson emphasized that "it will be necessary to do everything possible to assure the stability of our own domestic production in the field of raw materials, particularly minerals and metals." However, he left no doubt adequate supplies will depend on the development of additional sources throughout the free world. "Our continent is deficient in a number of strategic materials," he said. "Therefore, we must and will stimulate their exploration, development and production in areas of the free world where they exist and can be obtained under amicable and economical conditions of trade. "DMPA's activities will be coordinated with the long range objectives of this country in its relations with the other free countries of the world. "It should be borne in mind because of the great rush for many of these materials on the part of the entire world there is at present a marked deficiency in the supply. It will take time to make up this deficiency. Normally a period of at least 24 months will elapse between the contimation of the existence of an ore body and the beginning of production on an economic basis. "So our problem is not going to be solved overnight. It is going to require the utmost patience, diligence, coordination and technical skill that this country is capable of applying. I have no doubt that we will succeed." Mr. Larson said that a great deal of very constructive work has already been accomplished by the Defense Minerals Administration under Dr. James Boyd and the other agencies of the Government working on this problem. "We will add to the capable staffs already assembled in various agencies for carrying out these operations by bringing in additional patriotic American citizens representing the experience of the small domestic miner, as well as the world trader, in order that we may be sure we are applying our best experience and technical skills to this job," he said. EXHIBIT 18 DMPA DELEGATION NO. 1–DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO CERTAIN OFFICERS AND AGENCIES DEFENSE MATERIALS PROCUREMENT AGENCY DELEGATION No. 1 SEPTEMBER 14, 1951 DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO CERTAIN OFFICERS AND AGENCIES UNDER DEFENSE PRODUTION ACT OF 1950, AS AMENDED Pursuant to the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (Public Law 774, 81st Congress and Public Laws 69 and 96, 82d Congress), Executive Order 10161 of September 9, 1950 (15 F. R. 6105) and 10200 of January 3, 1951 (16 F. R. 61, as amended or modified, and Executive Order No. 10281 of August 28, 1951 (16 F. R. 8789, pending organizational implementation of those orders, and to assure uninterrupted performance of the functions conferred upon me or the Defense Materials Procurement Agency by those orders, certain of those functions are delegated as follows: 1. Of the functions so conferred upon me, there are delegated, to each officer and agency performing, as of September 12, 1951, functions pursuant to Executive Orders 10161 of September 9, 1950, and 10200 of January 3, 1951, the functions under Executive Orders 10161 of September 9, 1950 and 10200 of January 3, 1951, as amended or modified, and Executive Order 10281 of August 28, 1951, which are the same as or substantially similar to those functions performed as of September 12, 1951, except that recommendations for the issuance of certificates with respect to metals and minerals under sections 302 and 303 of the Act (loans, purchases, commitments, etc.) and section 124A of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by section 216 of the Revenue Act of 1950, approved September 23, 1950 (accelerated amortization), shall be prepared as heretofore by the Defense Minerals Administration in the Department of the Interior and transmitted to the Defense Materials Procurement Administrator for review and submission to the Defense Production Administrator. 2. The functions herein delegated may be redelegated with or without authority for further redelegation, and redelegations in effect on the date hereof shall continued in effect until rescinded or modified by appropriate authority. 3. All rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and directives applicable to the performance of the functions herein delegated, in effect on September 12, 1951, and not inconsistent with the foregoing Executive orders shall remain in full force and effect until modified or superseded. 4. The functions delegated by the preceding paragraphs of this Delegation of Authority or redelgated by, or by authority of, the delegates hereunder shal be exercised subject to the direction and control of the Defense Materials Pro curement Administrator. This delegation shall take effect as of the date hereof. JESS LARSON, Defense Materials Procurement Administrator. [F. R. Doc. 51-11251; Filed, Sept. 14, 1951; 11: 09 a. m.] EXHIBIT 19 DMPA DELEGATION NO. 2—DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR DEFENSE MATERIALS PROCUREMENT AGENCY DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR DELEGATION NO. 2 SEPTEMBER 17, 1951 DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO EXERCISE ALL FUNCTIONS AND AUTHORITY OF ADMINISTRATOR IN ABSENCE OR DISABILITY OF ADMINISTRATOR 1. Pursuant to the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (Public Law 774, 81st Congress, and Public Laws 69 and 96, 82d Congress) and Executive Order No. 10281 of August 28, 1951 (16 F. R. 8789), there is hereby delegated to the Deputy Administrator of the Defense Materials Procurement Agency the authority to exercise, in my absence or disability, all of the functions and authority vested in me as Defense Materials Procurement Administrator by such Executive Order. 2. The authority contained herein may not be redelegated. 3. This delegation is effective as of the date hereof. Dated: September 17, 1951. JESS LARSON, Defense Materials Procurement Administrator. [F. R. Doc. 51-11400; Filed, Sept. 18, 1951; 4: 29 p. m.] EXHIBIT 20 DPA PRESS RELEASE OF OCTOBER 5, 1951-FORMER DPA AUTHORITY TO APPROVE DEFENSE LOANS TRANSFERRED TO RFC AS REQUIRED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 10281 DEFENSE PRODUCTION ADMINISTRATION For immediate release Friday, October 5, 1951 DPA-139 INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION LOANS The Defense Production Administration announced today that its authority to approve loans for industrial expansion important to the defense effort has been transferred to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, in accordance with provisions of an Executive order, dated Aug. 28, 1951, and signed by President Truman. Prior to August 28, DPA had the authority to approve these loans under section 302 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 with RFC disbursing the funds as fiscal agent. The Executive order now provides for determination of terms and conditions of such loans by RFC. |