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FEDERAL
VOLUME 7

REGISTER
1934

NUMBER 175

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Washington, Friday, September 4, 1942
T he P resid en t EXECUTIVE ORDER 9235
P roviding for the E ffective U tilization of S upplies and E quipm ent by G overn ment Agencies
By virtue of the authority vested in me by Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941 Public Law 35477th Cong., by Title II of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 42 Stat. 20, and as President of the United States, and for the purpose of providing such general direction and control over the use of supplies and equipment in the Executive branch of the Government as will insure the most eco nomical and effective utilization thereof, it is hereby ordered as follows:
1. As used in this order:
a Government agency means any ex ecutive department, independent estab lishment, agency, commission, board, bu reau, division, administration, service, or office of the Executive branch of the Federal Government, including any in dependent regulatory commission or board and any Government-owned or Government-controlled corporation.
b Supplies and equipment means any and all supplies, equipment, machines, commodities, accessories, parts, assem blies, or products of any kind in the pos session of any Government agency, whether new or used, in use or in storage:
Provided, that supplies and equipment which the Director of the Bureau of the Budget determines to be within the fol lowing categories shall not be subject to this order: 1 tactical supplies and equipment of the War Department, the Navy Department, or the United States Maritime Commission, 2 food and clothing, 3 construction materials ac quired for the maintenance or construc tion of housing, electric power works or facilities, roads, reservoirs, or other phys ical improvements, 4 supplies and equipment acquired by any Government agency for transfer or export to any for eign government, and 5 supplies and equipment acquired from foreign or do
mestic sources for stock piling in connec tion with the war.
2. The Director of the Bureau of the Budget, acting through such assistants as he may designate, shall:
a Survey supplies and equipment in possession of Government agencies and the utilization thereof. For this purpose he may require the Government agencies to submit reports and estimates in such form and at such times as he may find necessary: Provided, that in making such surveys he shall utilize, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, the services and facilities of the Procurement Division of the Treas ury Department:
b Develop and promulgate such qualitative and quantitative standards with respect to supplies and equipment used by Government agencies as he may deem necessary to effectuate the purposes of this order;
c Require, when, in his opinion, such action is necessary or expedient, the transfer from one Government agency to another, for permanent or temporary use, of such supplies and equipment as he may determine to be surplus to the needs of one agency and essential to the needs of another agency;
d Consult with and seek the advice of the War Production Board in connec tion with the administration of para graphs a, b, and c above; 3. The Procurement Division of the Treasury Department shall undertake such warehousing, rehabilitation, and physical distribution of supplies and equipment for Government agencies, and, in connection therewith, shall take over such Government warehouses, ap purtenant facilities, and personnel used or employed by other Government agen cies in the performance of these func tions, together with such funds hereto fore or hereafter provided therefor, as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget may approve.
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CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
E xecutive O rders:

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Supplies and equipment, pro vision for effective utiliza tion by Government agen cies ___________________ 6987
Transfer of survey ship Path finder to Navy Department and transfer of personnel among Coast and Geodetic Survey and War and Navy Departments____________ 6988
REGULATIONS AND
NOTICES
B ituminous Coal D ivision :

Albuquerque and Cerrillos Coal Co., cease and desist order Belleville Fuels, Inc., permission to amend contracts_______
Galbraith, Claude, & Son Coal Co., revocation of code membership, etc________
Hearings, etc.:
District Board 17_________
Sneed, Thos., Coal Co_______

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D efense S upplies Corporation:

Petroleum for Eastern U. S., compensatory adjustments. 6993
F ederal P ower Commission :

Hearings, etc.:
Georgia Power Co_________ 7019
United Fuel Gas Co________ 7019

F ood and D rug Administration:

Canned fruit cocktail, etc., hearing________________ 7020
H ome Owners L oan Corporation:

Loan service; Insurance losses_ 6990
Reconditioning; insurance loss restoration_____________ 6992
Indian A ffairs Office :

Welfare agencies, contracts for services________________ 6992
O ffice of P rice Administration:

Adjustments, etc.:
Blades, Harry A___________
Campbell Soup Co_________
Finnaren & Healey, Inc_____
Food Concentrates, Inc_____
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