By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act, approved December 29, 1945 (59 Stat. 669), and having found that the United States participates in the International Cotton Advisory Committee under the authority of an act of Congress authorizing such participation or making an appropriation for such participation, I hereby designate such organization as a public international organization entitled to enjoy the privileges, exemptions, and immunities conferred by the said Act.

The designation of the above-named organization as a public international organization within the meaning of the said International Organizations Immunities Act is not intended to abridge in any respect privileges and immunities which such organization may have acquired or may acquire by treaty or Congressional action.

This order supplements Executive Orders No. 9698 of February 19, 1946, No. 9751 of July 11, 1946, No. 9823 of January 24, 1947,3 No. 9863 of May 31, 1947,3 and No. 9887 of August 22, 1947.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

HARRY S. TRUMAN

December 19, 1947.

1 Noted in § 26.2 of Title 5, infra. 23 CFR 1946 Supp. * Supra.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9912 ESTABLISHING THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and statutes, and as Commander in Chief, and in order to further the most effective administration of Federal scientific research and development activities, it is hereby ordered, in the interest of the internal management of the Government, as follows:

1. There is hereby established the Interdepartmental Committee on Scientific Research and Development, hereinafter referred to as the Committee. The head of each of the following agencies and of such other agencies as the President may hereafter determine (and in the case of a commission, board, or committee, the chairman thereof) shall designate an officer or employee of his agency as a member of the Committee, namely, the Departments of Agriculture, Interior, Commerce, Army, Navy, and Air Force, the National Military Establishment, the Federal Security Agency, the Atomic Energy Commission, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the Veterans Administration, and the Smithsonian Institution.

2. The Chairman of the Committee shall be designated annually by the President. The Chairman may from time to time establish subcommittees, which may include as members persons not employed by the Federal Government, or for limited periods of time representatives of agencies not designated as members of the Committee, which shall conduct and report upon specific studies as directed by the Committee.

3. The duties of the Committee shall be to:

(a) Recommend steps to make the research and development programs of the Federal Government most effective in the promotion of the national welfare.

(b) Study or propose studies and recommend changes in administrative policies and procedures, including personnel policies, designed to increase the efficiency of the Federal research and development program.

(c) Study and report upon current policies and Federal administrative practices relating to Federal support for

research, such as grants and contracts for basic research.

(d) Obtain the advice of persons not employed by the Federal Government with respect to matters of concern to the Committee.

(e) Encourage collaboration among Federal agencies engaged in related scientific research and development.

(f) Propose means by which information relating to the status and results of scientific research and development undertaken or supported by Federal agencies can be most effectively disseminated.

(g) Perform such other duties as shall be prescribed from time to time by the President.

4. The reports and recommendations of the Committee shall be submitted to the several departments and agencies or to the President as may be appropriate.

5. Federal agencies, to the extent permitted by law, are requested to furnish the Committee assistance and such information relating to their affairs as it may require.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

HARRY S. TRUMAN

December 24, 1947.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9913

TERMINATING THE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND PROVIDING FOR THE COMPLETION OF ITS LIQUIDATION 1

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Title I of the First Supplemental Surplus Appropriation Rescission Act, 1946 (60 Stat. 13), and the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1948 (Public Law 271, 80th Congress) and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered, in the interest of the internal management of the Government, as follows:

1. The Office of Scientific Research and Development in the Office for Emergency Management of the Executive Office of the President, established by Executive Order No. 8807 of June 28, 1941,2 is hereby terminated.

2. All personnel, property, contracts, records, and funds of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, and all functions, powers, duties, rights, privileges, and authority of the said Of

Noted in Chapter XVII of Title 32, infra. 3 CFR Cum. Supp.

fice and of its Director, are hereby transferred to the National Military Establishment for the purpose of completing the liquidation of all the affairs of the Office of Scientific Research and Development.

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

4. This order supersedes all prior Executive orders to the extent that they are in conflict with this order.

5. This order shall become effective at the close of business on December 31, 1947. HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

December 26, 1947.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9914 PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FOREIGN AID ACT OF 1947 3

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, particularly the Foreign Aid Act of 1947, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered, in the interest of the internal management of the Government, as follows:

1. The Secretary of State is hereby authorized and directed:

(a) To perform the functions and exercise the powers and authority vested in the President by the Foreign Aid Act of 1947 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), exclusive of sections 11 (b) and 11 (d) thereof: Provided that

(1) In designating, under section 3 of the Act, the existing departments, agencies, or independent establishments of the Government through which certain functions, powers, and authority under the Act shall be performed or exercised, the Secretary shall act with the concurrence of the department, agency, or establishment concerned in each case.

(2) In promulgating, under section 4 of the Act, any regulations controlling the purchase or procurement of commodities, and in promulgating, under

3 Codified as § 401.3 of Title 22, infra.

section 10 of the Act, any rules and regulations necessary and proper to carry out any of the provisions of the Act, the Secretary shall, to the extent that any such rule or regulation affects the operations of any agency, establishment, or department other than the Department of State, act with the concurrence of the agency, establishment, or department concerned in each case.

(3) In making the determinations, required under paragraphs 2 and 3 of section 4 of the Act, whether commodities to be purchased or procured under the Act are in short supply in the United States, the Secretary of State shall act on the advice of the heads of the appropriate departments, agencies or establishments.

(4) In making the determinations required under subsection (e) of section 11 of the Act, whether a commodity required by any agency of the Government under any price support program is in excess of domestic requirements, the Secretary of State shall act on the advice of the Secretary of Agriculture; and such determinations shall be restricted to those necessary in connection with aid to the recipient countries, as defined in the Act.

(b) To take such other action, not inconsistent with the Act and this order, as may be necessary to provide aid in accordance with the provisions of the Act, including the making of provisions for such personnel, supplies, facilities, and services as shall be necessary to carry out the provisions of this order, and the making of such arrangements with other departments, agencies and independent establishments of the Government and with other countries and international organizations as may be necessary and proper for carrying out the provisions and accomplishing the purposes of the Act.

2. The field administrator referred to in section 10 of the Act, in exercising his responsibility for administering in the recipient countries the program of assistance provided for in the Act, shall act under the guidance and in accordance

with the instructions of the Secretary of State.

3. All funds appropriated to carry out the provisions of the Act by the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1948 (such funds being in the amount of $522,000,000), are hereby transferred to the Department of State, to be administered in accordance with the provisions of the Act (as implemented by this order), and of the said Appropriation Act. HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

December 26, 1947.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9915 DELEGATING TO THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN THE PRESIDENT BY SECTION 4 (b) OF THE JOINT RESOLUTION APPROVED DECEMBER 30, 1947

By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 4 (b) and 5 of the Joint Resolution approved December 30, 1947, entitled "Joint Resolution to aid in the stabilization of commodity prices, to aid in further stabilizing the economy of the United States, and for other purposes," and as President of the United States, the powers, authority, and discretion vested in the President under section 4 (b) of the aforesaid joint resolution, reviving and reenacting Title III of the Second War Powers Act, 1942, for certain purposes, are hereby included within the powers, authority, and discretion delegated to the Secretary of Agriculture under Executive Order No. 9280 of December 5, 19421 (7 FR. 10179), as amended or modified by Executive Orders No. 9322 of March 26, 19431 (8 F.R. 3807), No. 9334 of April 19, 1943 1 (8 F.R. 5423) and No. 9577 of June 29, 1945 2 (10 F.R. 8087).

The said Executive orders are modified accordingly.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

December 30, 1947.

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REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 1 OF

1947

Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress assembled, May 1, 1947, pursuant to the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1945, approved December 20, 1945

PART I. PRESIDENT AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

SECTION 101. Functions of the Alien Property Custodian. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, all functions vested by law in the Alien Property Custodian or the Office of Alien Property Custodian are transferred to the Attorney General and shall be performed by him or, subject to his direction and control, by such officers and agencies of the Department of Justice as he may designate.

(b) The functions vested by law in the Allen Property Custodian or the Office of Alien Property Custodian with respect to property or interests located in the Philippines or which were so located at the time of vesting in or transfer to an officer or agency of the United States under the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, are transferred to the President and shall be performed by him or, subject to his direction and control, by such officers and agencies as he may designate.

SEC. 102. Approval of agricultural marketing orders. The function of the President with respect to approving determinations of the Secretary of Agriculture in connection with agricultural marketing orders, under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended (7 U.S. C. 608c (9)), is abolished.

PART II. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

SEC. 201. Contract settlement functions. The functions of the Director of Contract Settlement and of the Office of Contract Settlement are transferred to the Secretary of the Treasury and shall be performed by him or, subject to his direction and control, by such officers and agencies of the Department of the Treasury as he may designate. The Contract Settlement Advisory Board created by

section 5 of the Contract Settlement Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 649) and the Appeal Board established under section 13 (d) of that Act are transferred to the Department of the Treasury: Provided, That the functions of the boards shall be performed by them, respectively, under such conditions and limitations as may now or hereafter be prescribed by law. The Office of Contract Settlement is abolished.

SEC. 202. National Prohibition Act functions. The functions of the Attorney General and of the Department of Justice with respect to (a) the determination of Internal Revenue taxes and penalties (exclusive of the determination of liability guaranteed by permit bonds) arising out of violations of the National Prohibition Act occurring prior to the repeal of the eighteenth amendment to the Constitution, and (b) the compromise, prior to reference to the Attorney General for suit, of liability for such taxes and penalties, are transferred to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury: Provided, That any compromise of such liability shall be effected in accordance with the provisions of section 3761 of the Internal Revenue Code. All files and records of the Department of Justice used primarily in the administration of the functions transferred by the provisions of this section are hereby made available to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for use in the administration of such functions.

PART III. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

SEC. 301. Agricultural research functions. The functions of the following agencies of the Department of Agriculture, namely, the Bureau of Animal Industry, the Bureau of Dairy Industry, the Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, the Bureau of Agricultural and Industrial Chemistry, the Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics, the Office of Experiment Stations, and the Agricultural Research Center, together with the functions of the Agricultural Research Administrator, are transferred to the

All

PART V. WAR ASSETS ADMINISTRATION SEC. 501. War Assets Administration and War Assets Administrator. functions of the War Assets Administration and of the War Assets Administrator established by Executive Order Numbered 9689 of January 31, 1946,1 are transferred to the Surplus Property Administration and the Surplus Property Administrator, respectively, which were created by the Act of September 18, 1945 (59 Stat. 533, ch. 368). The latter agencies shall hereafter be known as the War Assets Administration and the War Assets Administrator, respectively. The agencies established by Executive Order Numbered 9689 are abolished. The functions transferred by this section shall be performed by the War Assets Administrator or, subject to his direction and control, by such officers and agencies of the War Assets Administration as he may designate: Provided, That the functions specifically vested in the Surplus Property Administrator by the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended, and by the Act of September 18, 1945, shall be performed by the War Assets Administrator or by the Associate Administrator as provided in section 502 hereof.

SEC. 502. Associate War Assets Administrator. There shall be in the War Assets Administration an Associate War Assets Administrator, who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall receive compensation at the rate of $10,000 per annum. The Associate War Assets Administrator shall act for the War Assets Administrator in all matters during the absence or disability of the Administrator, or in the event of a va

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cancy in the office of Administrator, and shall perform such other duties as the Administrator may prescribe.

PART VI. GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 601. Termination of functions. Nothing contained in this reorganization plan shall be deemed to extend the duration of any function beyond the time when it would otherwise expire as provided by law.

SEC. 602. Transfer of records, property, personnel, and funds. There are hereby transferred to the respective agencies in which functions are vested pursuant to the provisions of this plan, to be used, employed, and expended in connection with such functions, respectively, or in winding up the affairs of agencies abolished in connection with the transfer of such functions, (1) the records and property now being used or held in connection with such functions, (2) the personnel employed in connection with such functions, and (3) the unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, or other funds available or to be made available for use in connection with such functions.

SEC. 603. Effective date. The provisions of this plan shall take effect on July 1, 1947, unless a later date is required by the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1945.

REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 3 OF

1947

Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress assembled, May 27, 1947, pursuant to the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1945, approved December 20, 1945.2 HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY

SECTION 1. Housing and Home Finance Agency. The Home Owners' Loan Corporation, the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, the Federal Housing Administration, the United States Housing Authority, the Defense Homes Corporation, and the United States Housing Corporation, together with their respective functions, the functions of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, and the other functions transferred by this Plan, are consolidated,

Effective July 27, 1947, under the provisions of sec. 6 of the act; published pursuant to sec. 11 of the act (59 Stat. 613; 5 U. S. C. 133y to 133y-16).