XXVIII. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10487 Text of Executive Order No. 10487, September 16, 1953, 18 F. R. 5635 PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE REFUGEE RELIEF ACT OF 1953 By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, including section 11 (a) of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953 (Public Law 203, 83d Congress, approved August 7, 1953), and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: SECTION 1. The Department of State is designated as the agency of the Government of the United States which shall, subject to the provisions of section 2 hereof, make or prepare the thorough investigations and written reports required by section 11 (a) of the said Refugee Relief Act of 1953, regarding the character, reputation, mental and physical health, history, and eligibility under the said act, of persons seeking admission into the United States under the act. SECTION 2. The Department of the Army and such other agencies of the Government as the Department of State may request shall, in accordance with arrangements agreed upon between the Department of State and any such agency, furnish the Department of State such assistance as it may need in carrying out its responsibilities under section 1 of this order. SECTION 3. The funds appropriated under the heading "Emergency Migration" appearing in Chapter VII of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1954 (Public Law 207, 83d Congress, approved August 7, 1953), are hereby transferred to the Department of State. The Secretary of State may allocate to agencies other than the Department of State such portions of the transferred funds as he shall determine. SECTION 4. The Director of the Bureau of the Budget is authorized and empowered to exercise the authority conferred upon the President by the paragraph appearing under the aforesaid heading "Emergency Migration" to transfer not to exceed sixty-five passenger motor vehicles, without reimbursement, to carry out the migration program authorized by the said Refugee Relief Act of 1953, XXVII. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10446 Text of Executive Order No. 10446, April 18, 1953, 18 F. R. 2209 1 SPECIFICATION OF LAWS FROM WHICH THE ESCAPEE PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 1 SHALL BE EXEMPT By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 532 of the Mutual Security Act of 1951, as added by section 7 (m) of the Mutual Security Act of 1952 (Public Law 400, approved June 20, 1952, 66 Stat. 146), it is hereby determined that the performance of functions with respect to the escapee program, authorized by the Mutual Security Act of 1951, as amended, and administered by the Department of State, without regard to the three following-designated provisions of law will further the purposes of the said Mutual Security Act of 1951, as amended: 1. Section 3648 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, 60 Stat. 809 (31 U. S. C. 529). 2. Section 305 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, approved June 30, 1949, ch. 288, 63 Stat. 396 (41 U. S. C. 255). 3. Section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (41 U. S. C. 5). This order supersedes Executive Order No. 10410 of November 14, 1952, entitled "Specification of Laws from which the Escapee Program Administered by the Department of State Shall be Exempt." DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. THE WHITE HOUSE, April 18, 1953. 1 The Escapee Program is now administered by the Foreign Operations Administration pursuant to Presidential letter of June 29, 1953, issued in Implementation of Reorganization Plan No. 7 of 1953. XXVIII. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10487 Text of Executive Order No. 10487, September 16, 1953, 18 F. R. 5635 PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE REFUGEE RELIEF ACT OF 1953 By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, including section 11 (a) of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953 (Public Law 203, 83d Congress, approved August 7, 1953), and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: SECTION 1. The Department of State is designated as the agency of the Government of the United States which shall, subject to the provisions of section 2 hereof, make or prepare the thorough investigations and written reports required by section 11 (a) of the said Refugee Relief Act of 1953, regarding the character, reputation, mental and physical health, history, and eligibility under the said act, of persons seeking admission into the United States under the act. SECTION 2. The Department of the Army and such other agencies of the Government as the Department of State may request shall, in accordance with arrangements agreed upon between the Department of State and any such agency, furnish the Department of State such assistance as it may need in carrying out its responsibilities under section 1 of this order. SECTION 3. The funds appropriated under the heading "Emergency Migration" appearing in Chapter VII of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1954 (Public Law 207, 83d Congress, approved August 7, 1953), are hereby transferred to the Department of State. The Secretary of State may allocate to agencies other than the Department of State such portions of the transferred funds as he shall determine. SECTION 4. The Director of the Bureau of the Budget is authorized and empowered to exercise the authority conferred upon the President by the paragraph appearing under the aforesaid heading "Emergency Migration" to transfer not to exceed sixty-five passenger motor vehicles, without reimbursement, to carry out the migration program authorized by the said Refugee Relief Act of 1953. SECTION 5. The Secretary of State shall promulgate the regulations provided for in section 7 (a) of the said Refugee Relief Act of 1953. SECTION 6. The Secretary of the Treasury shall promulgate the rules and regulations provided for in section 16 of the said Refugee Relief Act of 1953. THE WHITE HOUSE, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. September 16, 1953. XXIX. MEMORANDUM BY THE PRESIDENT REGARDING THE REORGANIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH FOR THE CONDUCT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS JUNE 1, 1953. To: The Heads of All Executive Departments. The Director for Mutual Security. I have today transmitted two reorganization plans to the Congress and taken other actions by Executive order providing for a significant reorganization of the executive branch for the conduct of foreign affairs. This letter further defines relationships which will govern executive branch officials in the conduct of our international responsibilities. The over-all foreign affairs reorganization which I desire to achieve is designed to emphasize the primary position of the Secretary of State within the executive branch in matters of foreign policy. I personally wish to emphasize that I shall regard the Secretary of State as the Cabinet officer responsible for advising and assisting me in the formulation and control of foreign policy. It will be my practice to employ the Secretary of State as my channel of authority within the executive branch on foreign policy. Other officials of the executive branch will work with and through the Secretary of State on matters of foreign policy. I shall also look to the Secretary of Defense as the Cabinet officer responsible, within the framework of foreign policy, for advising and assisting me in the formulation and control of military policy. Similarly, the Secretary of the Treasury, within the framework of foreign policy, shall continue to be the Cabinet officer responsible for advising and assisting me in the formulation and control of monetary and financial policy. The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of the Treasury, as appropriate, shall review plans and policies relative to military and economic assistance programs, foreign information programs, and legislative proposals of the Foreign Operations Adminstration and the United States Information Agency, to assure that in their conception and execution, such plans, policies and proposals are consistent with and further the attainment of foreign policy, military_policy, and financial and monetary policy objectives. The Director of the Foreign Operations Administration and the Direc |