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ONAL

REGISTER
VOLUME 6

1934

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NUMBER 214

Washington, Saturday, November 1, 1941
The President EXECUTIVE ORDER
WHEREAS on the 27th day of May, 1941,1 a Presidential proclamation was issued, declaring an unlimited national emergency and calling upon all loyal citizens in production for defense to give precedence to the needs of the Nation to the end that a system of government which makes private enterprise possible may survive; and calling upon our loyal workmen and employers to merge their lesser differences in the larger effort to insure the survival of the only kind of government which recognizes the rights of labor or of capital, and calling upon all loyal citizens to place the Nations needs first in mind and in action to the end that we may mobilize and have ready for instant defensive use, all of the physi cal powers, all of the moral strength and all of the material resources of the Nation; and WHEREAS, Air Associates, Incorpo rated, has contracted to furnish the United States and its contractors with parts and equipment necessary for the production of military aircraft vital to the defense of the United States and such parts and equipment have been in the course of manufacture at the Bendix, New Jersey, plants of said company, and the United States owns facilities there situated; and WHEREAS, a controversy arose con cerning the terms and conditions of em ployment between said company and its workers which they have been unable to adjust by collective bargaining and the controversy was duly certified to the National Defense Mediation Board estab lished by Executive Order of March 19, 1941;8 and whereas production was in terrupted at said plants during the course of mediation before said Board by a strike and the Board, pending fur ther mediation, recommended that the workers call off the strike and the com pany return all strikers upon application to their former jobs without discrimina16 F.R. 2617.
6 F.R. 1532.

tion, and whereas the workers affected, through their representatives, have ac cepted but the company has failed to carry out the Boards recommendation;
and WHEREAS, due to such failure on the part of the Company, production has now been impaired and complete cessa tion of production is now imminent at said plants and the objectives of said proclamation of May 27, 1941, are there by jeopardized and it is essential to the defense of the United States that normal production be assured and cessation averted; and WHEREAS, for the time being and un der the circumstances set forth, it is es sential in order that full production at said plants be assured, that the plants be operated by or for the United States in such manner as may be expedient:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D.
ROOSEVELT, pursuant to the powers vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, as President of the United States and Commander in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, hereby authorize and di rect the Secretary of War immediately, in so far as may be necessary or desir able, to take possession of and operate the Bendix, New Jersey, plants of Air Associates, Incorporated, through and with the aid of such person or persons or instrumentality as he may designate, and to produce the military airplane parts and equipment called for by the companys contracts or as may be other wise required for the national defense, and do all things necessary or incidental to that end. The Secretary of War shall employ or authorize the employment of such employees, including a competent civilian advisor on industrial relations, as are necessary to carry out the provi sions of this order, and, in furtherance of the purposes of this order, the Secre tary of War may exercise any existing contractual or other rights of said com pany, or take such other steps as may be necessary or desirable including the use of troops.
Possession and operation hereunder shall be terminated by the President as soon as he determines that such posses-

CNTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Executive Order:
Page Air Associates, Inc., Bendix, N. J., possession and opera tion of plants___________ 5559
RULES, REGULATIONS, ORDERS
T itle 8 A liens and N ationality :

Immigration and Naturalization Service:
Air commerce regulations, ef fective date changed___
T itle 10A r m y : W ar D epartment :
Procurement and Disposal of Equipment and Supplies:
Bid bonds, exception to re quirement, amendment-T itle 14 C ivil A viation :
Civil Aeronautics Board:
Control airport designations, amendments__________
T itle 16C ommercial P ractices:
Federal Trade Commission:
Cease and desist orders:
Champion Battery Co____
Ford Motor Co__________
Lux Co________________
Snap-On Tools Corp_____
T itle 26I nternal R evenue :
Bureau of Internal Revenue:
Industrial alcohol, amend ments________

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T itle 32 N ational D efen se :

Office of Price Administration:
Aluminum scrap and second ary ingot, price sched ule amended________ __ 5568
Office of Production Manage ment:
Electric power, limitation or der for the southeastern area________________ 5564
Zinc, supplementary priori ties order------------------- 5564
T itle 38P en sio ns , B onuses , and V eterans R e l ie f :

Veterans Administration:
Transportation and traveling expenses of claimants and beneficiaries, a m e n d
ments_______________ 5569
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