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FEDERAL
VOLUME 7

REGISTER
1934

NUMBER 108

C N lT X

Washington, Wednesday, June 3, 1942
The President EXECUTIVE ORDER 9177
D efining A dditional F u n ction s , D uties and P ow ers o f the S ecretary o f W ar , the S ecretary o f th e T reasury , the S ecretary of A griculture , and the R econstruction F inance C orporation
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, and particularly by Title I of tile First War Powers Act, 1941, approved December 18,1941 Public Law 354, 77th Congress, as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:
. 1. The Secretary o f War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary o f the Treas ury, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation are each authorized to exercise the functions, powers and duties heretofore vested in the Secretary of the Navy by that-pro vision of an act approved June 30, 1914
38 Stat. 399; 34 U. S. C. 568 which reads as follows:
Provided, That hereafter the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to make emergency purchases of war material abroad:
And provided further, That when such pur chases are made .abroad, this material shall be admitted free o f duty.

2. The Commissioner of Customs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall issue regulations govern ing the entry and admission free of duty of articles as to which an officer or the agency designated in section 1 of this order shall make a certificate to him in the following form ;
The procurement o f this material co n
stituted an emergency purchase of war m a terial abroad and it is accordingly requested that such material be admitted free o f duty pursuant to the Act o f June 30, 1914 34
U:S.C. 568 and Executive Order No. 9177,
3. The authority herein conferred, in cluding the authority to execute the cer
tificate set forth in section 2 o f this order, may be exercised by the Secretary of War, the Secretary o f the Navy, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Sec retary of Agriculture, and the Board of Directors o f the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, respectively, or in their dis cretion and by their direction, respec tively, may be exercised also by and through any officer or officers or civilian officials of their respective departments and agency designated by them for those purposes, or, in the case of the Secretary of Agriculture by and through such cor porations in the Department of Agricul ture as are under the direction and supervision o f the Secretary of Agricul ture and in the case of the Reconstruc tion Finance Corporation, by and through one or more of its subsidiary corporations. The Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Ag riculture, and the Board of Directors of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation may authorize such officer or officers or civilian officials of their respective de partments or agency or such corporation or corporations subsidiary to the Recon struction Finance Corporation or under the direction and supervision of the Sec retary o f Agriculture to make further delegations o f such powers and authority within their respective departments and agency, and Within such corporation or corporations.
4. This order shall become effective as of the date hereof, shall continue in force and effect until the termination of Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941, and shall authorize or ratify any emergency purchase of war materials abroad here tofore or hereafter made by or for the account of any of the said departments, the said agency, or such corporations, and any such war material so purchased may be entered, or withdrawn from ware house, for consumption free of duty during the effective period of this order.
5. Any provision of any Executive Or der, and any provision, rule, or regula tion o f any officer, department, board,
CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
E xecutive O rders :

Emergency purchases of war material abroad;
addi tional functions, etc., of Sec retaries of War, Treasury, Agriculture, and Recon struction Finance Corpora tion_________________ _____
Helium development and pro duction program, Secretary of Interior authorizd to acquire and dispose of property---------------------------

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REGULATIONS
B itu m in o u s C oal D iv is io n :

Minimum price s c h e d u l e s amended:
District 3____________________
District 13___

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C iv il A eronautics A dm in istrator :

Niagara Falls municipal airport, designation as control air port ---------------------------------

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C oast G uard :

Wage basis for seamens allot ments_____________________

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N ational W ar L abor B oard :

Rules of procedure; transcripts.

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W ar P roduction B oard :

Allocation classification system, establishment-_____________ 4198
Communications, interpreta tion of conservation order. 4202
Copper, conservation order cor rected-------------------------------- 4205
Hand trucks, limitation order corrected__________________ 4205
Metal signs, limitation order amended__________________ 4201
Office machinery, limitation or ders 2 documents________ 4202
Railroad equipment, limitation order corrected___________ 4205
Strategic materials, imports orders 2 documents _ . 4198,4201
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