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REGISTER

FEDERAL
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VOLUME 6

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NUMBER 227

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Washington Saturday, November 22, 1941
The P residen t EXECUTIVE ORDER
P roviding for the A dministration of the R equisitioning of P roperty R equired for National D efense
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, and particularly by the Act of October 10, 1940, entitled An Act to Authorize the President to requi sition certain articles and materials for the use of the United States, and for other purposes, and the Act of October 16, 1941, entitled An Act to authorize the President of the United States to requisition property required for the de fense of the United States hereinafter referred to as the Acts, and in order to provide for the effective administration of the requisitioning of property re quired for the defense of the United States, it is hereby ordered:
1. The Office of Production Manage ment, in addition to the responsibilities and duties described in Executive Order No. 8629 of January 7,1941,1 and Execu tive Order No. 8875 of August 28, 1941,8
shall, except as may otherwise be pro vided hereinafter, exercise the powers and authorities conferred upon the Pres ident by the Acts.
2. Whenever the Office of Production Management determines, in accordance with the provisions of the Acts, the ne cessity for requisitioning property, that Office may:
a. requisition and dispose of such property on its own account; or b. provide for the requisitioning and disposition of such property through the Department of War, the Department of the Navy, or any other department or agency of the Government authorized to engage in the procurement of property of the type subject to requisition under the Acts.
3. Whenever requested by the Office of Production Management, any departF.R. 191.
6 F.R. 4483.
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ment or agency of the Government is hereby authorized to requisition and dis THE PRESIDENT
pose of property in accordance with the Pag provisions of the Acts and to make Executive Orders:
Agencies designated for carrying available to the Office of Production out provisions of Emer Management such personnel, including gency Relief Appropriation officers of the armed services, as may be Act, amendment of Execu necessary to enable that Office to carry tive Order No. 8495---------- 5910
out its functions under this Order. The United States Marshals also are hereby Requisitioning of property re authorized and directed, when requested quired for national de by, and in accordance with directions of fense__________________ 5909
the Office of Production Management or RULES, REGULATIONS, the head of any department or agency ORDERS
of the Government authorized to requisi tion property pursuant to this Order, to T itle 8 Aliens and N ationality :
requisition and dispose of property.
4.
The Secretary of the Treasury, the Im m igration and N aturaliza tion Service:
Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Control of persons entering Navy, the Secretary of Agriculture, the and leaving th e U nited Chairman of the United States Maritime States 2 documents----- 5911, Commission, the Executive Director of 5914
the Economic Defense Board, or the head T itle 10Arm y : W ar D epartment:
of such other agency as the President Motion Picture Service, accep may from time to time designate, may tance of commercially spon initiate action for the requisitioning of sored films------------------- 5918
property by submitting proposals for the Transport, sleeping-car accom requisitioning and disposal of such prop modations, etc--------------- 5918
erty to the Office of Production Manage T itle 16C ommercial P ractices:
ment, whenever he determines that:
Federal T rade Commission:
a. such property is of the type which Cease and desist orders:
may be requisitioned under either of the Krasne, A., Inc---------------- 5919
Mineral Wells Crystal Pro Acts;
ducers, Inc_________ 5919
b. with respect to proposals for requisi tioning property under the Act of Octo T itle 17C ommodity and S ecu
rities E xchanges:
ber 16, 1941:
Securities and Exchange Com 1 the use of such property is needed mission:
for the defense of the United States, Total a s s e t s , definition 2 such need is immediate and im amended____________ 5920
pending and such as will not admit of T itle 18 C o n s e r v a t i o n of delay or resort to any other source of P ow er :
Federal Power Commission:
supply, Electric utilities, licensees, 3 all other means of obtaining the etc., filing of power system use of such property for the defense of statements 2 docu the United States upon fair and reason ments----------------- 5920,5921
able terms have been exhausted, 4 if the property to be requisitioned T itle 21F ood and D rugs :
Food and Drug Administra is machinery or equipment, such ma tion:
chinery or equipment is not in actual Federal Food, Drug, and Cos use in connection with any operating metic Act, amendments factory or business or is not necessary to of enforcing regulations. 5921
the operation of such factory or busi Continued on next page ness, and 5909