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FEDERAL
VOLUME 5

REGISTER

1934

OAflTEO

NUMBER 245

Washington, Wednesday, December 18, 1940
The President EXECUTIVE ORDER
Amendment of E xecutive O rder N o. 8572
of O ctober 21, 1940, Authorizing the P riorities B oard and the Administra tor of P riorities to P erform C ertain F unctions U nder S ection 2 a of the Act of J une 28, 1940
Executive Order No. 85721 of October 21,1940, authorizing the Priorities Board and the Administrator f Priorities to perform certain functions under section 2 a of the act of June 28, 1940, is hereby amended to read as follows:
WHEREAS section 2 a of the act of June 28, 1940, Public No. 671, 76th Congress, provides that all naval con tracts and orders and all Army contracts and orders shall in the discretion of the President take priority over all deliveries for private account or for export; and WHEREAS the public interest re quires that provision be made to insure the prompt delivery of materials, arti cles, equipment, and supplies essential to the national defense; and WHEREAS the Council of National Defense has established a Priorities Board composed of the following mem bers of the Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense: The Advisor on Industrial Prodution, as Chairman, the Advisor on Industrial Materials, and the Advisor on Price StabiMzaticm; and WHEREAS the Priorities Board has designated Mr. Donald M. Nelson as Ad ministrator of Priorities:
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 a of the said act of June 28, 1940, and as President of tlae United States, I hereby approve the establishment of the afore said Board and the designation of the said Administrator and authorize the said Board and the said Administrator, aeting in the public interest and in the interest of the national defense, under rules and regulations prescribed by the 16 F.R. 4199.

Board with the approval of the Presi dent, to require that deliveries of ma terial under all orders placed pursuant to the authority of the said section 2 a and all other naval and Army contracts and orders shall take priority over all deliveries for private account or for export.
F ranklin D R oosevelt T he W hite H ouse, December 15, 1940.
No. 86121
F .R . Doc. 40-5681; F iled, D ecem ber 17, 1940;
9:29 a. m .

EXECUTIVE ORDER
E xcusing F ederal E mployees F rom D uty on D ecember 24, 1940
By virtue of and pursuant to the au thority vested in me as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:
1. The several executive departments, independent establishments, and other governmental agencies in the District of Columbia, including the Government Printing Office and the Navy Yard and Naval Stations, shall be closed all day on Tuesday, December 24,1940, the day pre ceding Christmas Day; and all employees in the Federal service in the District of Columbia, and in the field service of the executive departments, independent es tablishments, and other agencies of the Government, except those who may for special public reasons be excluded from the provisions of this order by the heads of their respective departments, estab lishments, or agencies, or those whose absence from duty would be inconsistent with the provisions of existing law, shall be excused from duty on that day.
2. This order shall be published in the F ederal R egister.
F ranklin D R oosevelt T he W hite H ouse, December 16, 1940.
No. 8613
F. R . Doc. 40-5680; F iled, D ecem ber 17, 1940;
9:29 a. m .

CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Executive Orders:
Pa&e Excusing Federal employees from duty on Dec. 24, 1940_ 5143
Priorities Board and Adminis trator of Priorities, author ization to perform certain functions, amendment____ 5143
RULES, REGULATIONS, ORDERS
T itle 14Civil Aviation:
Civil Aeronautics Authority:
Aircraft radio equipment, cer tification_______________ 5144
Radio fixes, etc., redesigna tion___________________
5146
Repair stations, qualifications, etc., revised____________ 5145
Student pilot certificates, en dorsement _____________ 5145
T itle 29Labor:
Childrens Bureau:
Temporary certificates of age, extension______________
5146
T itle 30M ineral R esources:
Bituminous Coal Division:
Sahara Coal Co., final relief_5146
T itle 38P ensions, B onuses, and Veterans R elief :
Veterans Administration:
Adjudication:
Dependents claims; burial and funeral expenses and transportation of bodies of veterans____ 5147
Veterans claims; amended awards_______________ 5147
T itle 49T ransportation and R ailroads:
Interstate Commerce Commis sion:
Electric railways, uniform system of accounts, change in effective dates- 5148
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