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NUMBER 131

Washington, Tuesday, July 3, 1945
The President EXECUTIVE ORDER 9576
Creating an E mergency B oard to I n
vestigate a D ispute B etween the E rie R ailroad Company and I ts E mployees
WHEREAS a dispute exists between the Erie Railroad Company, a carrier, and certain of its employees represented by the Brotherhood of Railroad Train men, labor organization; and WHEREAS this dispute has not here tofore been adjusted under the provi sions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended; and WHEREAS this dispute, in the judg ment of the National Mediation Board, threatens substantially to interrupt in terstate commerce within the states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey to a degree such as to deprive that portion of the country of essential transportation service:
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended 45
U.S.C. 160, I hereby create a board of three members, to be appointed by me, to investigate said dispute. No member of the said board shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railway employees or any carrier.
The board shall report its findings to the President with respect to the said dispute within thirty days from the date of this order.
As provided by section 10 of the Rail way Labor Act, as amended, from this date and for thirty days after the board has made its report to the President, no change, except by agreement, shall be made by the Erie Railroad Company or its employees in the conditions out of Which the said dispute arose.
H arry S. T ruman T he W hite H ouse ,
June 28, 1945.
F. R. Doc. 45-11734; Filed, June 30, 1045;
2:18 p. m.

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----------The Codification Guide, consist ing of a numerical list of the parts of the Code of Federal Regulations affected by documents appearing in this issue, follows the table of contents.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 9577
T erminating the W ar F ood A d m in is
tration and T ransferring I ts F unc
tions to the S ecretary of A gricul ture
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941 55
Stat. 838, it is ordered as follows:
1. The War Food Administration and the office of War Food Administrator;
established by Executive Order No. 9334
of April 19, 1943, are hereby terminated.
2. The functions, duties, and powers of the War Food Administrator, includihg but not limited to those vested in the Administrator by Executive Orders No.
9334 of April 19, 1943,1 as amended, No.
9385 of October 6, 1943,1 No. 9401 of De cember 7, 1943,1 No. 9418 of January 29, 1944,1 and No. 9534 of April 3, 1945,1 are hereby transferred to, and shall be exer cised and performed by, the Secretary of Agriculture.
3. The records, property, personnel, funds, and agencies of the War Food Administration are hereby placed under the jurisdiction and control of the Secre tary of Agriculture. The agencies of the War Food Administration shall, con sistent with applicable law, be organized and administered in such manner as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem desirable.
4. The Secretary of Agriculture shall have, and may exercise to such extent and subject to such conditions as he shall determine, a all powers of delegation vested in the War Food Administrator, Including but not limited to those speci1 For the text of Executive orders referred tp herein see 3 CFR Cum. Supp., 8 F it. 13783, 9 F it. 1073, 10 F it. 3667.
Continued on p. 8000

CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
E xecutive O rders :

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Erie Railroad Co. and employ ees, establishment of emer gency board------------------- 8087
Texas Co., Port Arthur, Tex., area; Petroleum Adminis trator authorized to take possession and operate plants and facilities-------- 8090
War Food Administration, ter mination, and tran sfer. of functions to the Secretary of Agriculture---------------- 8087
REGULATIONS AND NOTICES
A lien P roperty Custodian :

Vesting orders:
Fuji Sake Brewing Co., Ltd 8146
Fujimoto Trading Co., Ltd 8146
New Jersey courts, costs and expenses incurred in ac tions and proceedings__ 8145
Civil A eronautics B oard:

Reduction of prescribed alti tudes_________________

8097

C ommodity Credit Corporation:

Cotton loans, 1945_,________

8091

E ntomology and P lant Q uaran tine B ureau :

P i n k bollworm quarantine, modification of regulations-

8093

F ederal R eserve S ystem , B oard of G overnors:

Reserves of member banks, computation____________

8097

F ederal T rade Commission :

Cease and desist order, Peck and Hills Furniture Co., I n c ______ _____________ 8097
F ish and W ildlife S ervice:

Elk Refuge, Wyo., fishing regu lations_________________

8144

F oreign E conomic Administration :

I arm machinery, limited pro duction license--------------- 8103
Mexico; shipments of limited value_______________ - 8103
H ome Owners L oan Corporation:

belief with respect to lost, stolen destroyed, mutilated or defaced bonds--------- 8098
Continued on p. 8088

8087