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REGISTER
VOLUME 12

1934
NlTtO

NUMBER 140

Washington, Friday, July 18,1947

TITLE 3 THE PRESIDENT
EXECUTIVE ORDER 9873
T ransferring M o n u m en ts
to t h e A m erican B attle C o m m is sio n t h e F u nc
t io n s o f t h e W ar D epartm ent P er
ta in in g to t h e A d m in istra tio n o f t h e M exico C it y N ational C em etery
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 12 of the act of March 4,1923, as amended by the act of June 26, 1946, 60 Stat. 318, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

1. All functions of administration per taining to the Mexico City National Cem etery, located in Mexico City, Calazada, Molchor Ocampo 31, Mexico, DF, now vested in or exercised by the War De partment, together with the field civilian personnel, records, supplies, equipment, and property of every kind pertaining thereto, are hereby transferrd from the War Department to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
2. The unexpended balances of appro priations or allotments of appropriations which are now, or may become, available to the War Department for the perform ance of the functions transferred by this order shall be transferred to the Ameri can Battle Monuments C om m iss io n to such extent as the Director of the Bu reau of the Budget may deem necessary.
H arry S. T ruman T h e W h it e H o u s e ,
July 16,1947.
IP. R. Doc. 47-6841; Filed, Ju ly 17, 1947;
10:37 a. m.

TITLE" 5 ADMINISTRATIVE
PERSONNEL
Chapter I Civil Service Commission P art
20R e t e n t io n P reference R egu

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Effective upon publication in the F ed
eral R egister , paragraphs c d and e of 20.9 are amended to read as follows:

20.9 Actions
c Exceptions; status employees. No employee in retention group A-2, A-3, or A-4 with competitive status and serv ing in a position in the competitive serv ice may be separated or furloughed in a reduction in force if there is a position in the competitive service in the depart ment in any other competitive area or competitive level within the geographic area, which may reasonably be expected to continue for 3 months or more, not filled by a retention group A employee which he could fill without undue inter ruption to the activity involved unless he refuses a reasonable offer of transfer to a position meeting these requirements, including reduction in pay if necessary.
Subject to the other requirements set forth above, agencies shall consider such group A-2 employee with competitive status who is reached in a reduction and who has had five or more years of Fed eral Government service including active military service, for reassignment to a position either vacant or occupied by a war service or a temporary employee in the agency at another geographic area where reassignment within his present geographic area cannot be made and the employee desires to be considered for a position in such other area. Offers of reassignment o f status employees in sub group A-2 shall be made prior to the expiration of the first sixty days of non duty status.
d Exceptions; veterans preference employees. No employee in subgroup A -l with competitive status and serving in a position in thq competitive service may be separated or furloughed in a reduc tion in force if there is a position in the competitive service in the department in any other competitive area or com petitive level within the geographic area which may reasonably be expected to continue for 3 months or more not filled by an employee in subgroup A -l which he could fill without undue interruption to the activity involved, unles he refuses a reasonable offer of transfer to a position meeting these requirements, including reduction in pay if necessary. Subject to the other requirements set forth above, agencies shall consider such veteran pref erence career employee in group A -l with C ontinued on p. 4779

CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Executive Order
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Mexico City National Cemetery;
transfer to American Battle Monuments Commission of War Department functions pertain ing to administration_________ 4777
EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Agriculture Department
See also Entomology and Plant Quarantine Bureau.
Rules and regulations:
Flaxseed loans, 1947__________ 4779
Food imports; rice__________
4781
Peas, fresh, and cauliflower in Colorado; budget of expenses and rate of assessment for 1947-48 ___
4780
Wheat Loan and Purchase Agreement Program, 1947
Corr.--------------------------m_ 4779
Alien Property, Office of Notices:
Vesting orders, etc.:
Au, Karl_________________
4801
Backes, Alfred_____________ 4801
Berwind, John______ ____ 4803
Boecker, Carl August, et al__ 4801
Costs and expenses incurred in certain actions or pro ceedings in certain New York courts_________
4804
Dora, Hedwig______________ 4802
Kaufmann, Augusta________ 4802
Kretschmar, Julius, and Rich ard Kretschmar__________ 4802
Kurosawa,,Teijiro________ 4802
Lotz, A. W., Inc____________ 4804
Shibaura United Engineering Co., Ltd_________________ 4803
Shimo, T., et al_____________ 4803
Spielmann, Ernest H________ 4800
Strasser, Albert____________ 4800
Civil Aeronautics Board
Proposed rule making:
Air carrier permits, foreign;
terms, conditions and limita tions, filing and service of notices_________________
4791
Civil Service Commission
Rules and regulations:
Retention preference for use in reductions in force; actions 4777
4777