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REGISTER

EDERAL
1934 e

VOLUME 7

NUMBER 185

A /IT E O

,
Washington Saturday, September 19, 1942
The President EXECUTIVE ORDER 9246
P r o v id in g f o r t h e C o o r d in a t io n a n d C o n
trol o f t h e R u b b e r P rogram
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, particularly the Act of December 18,1941, entitled First War Powers Act, 1941
Public 35477th Congress, as Presi dent of the United States and Comman der in Chief of the Army and Navy, and in order to carry out certain recom mendations made to the President by the Rubber Survey Committee for the purpose of assuring an adequate supply of rubber for war and essential civilian needs, it is hereby ordered as follows:
1. The Chairman of the War Produc tion Board is authorized and directed to assume full responsibility for and con trol over the Nations rubber program in all of its phases, including, but not limited to: technical research and de velopment, importation, purchase, sale, acquisition, storage, transportation, pro vision of facilities, conservation, produc tion, manufacturing, processing, market ing, distribution, and use of natural and synthetic rubber, related materials, and products manufactured therefrom.
2. There shall be, within the War Pro duction Board, a Rubber Director, ap pointed by and responsible to the Chair man of the War Production Board for the administration of the Nations rubber program.
3. In carrying out this order, the Rub ber Director may direct the Rubber Re serve Company and other subsidiaries of the Reconstruction Finance Corpora tion, the Office of the Petroleum Coordi nator for War, the Board of Economic Warfare, the Office of Defense Trans portation, the Office of Price Adminis tration, the Department of Agriculture, and such other departments, establish ments, and agencies as he may deem necessary, to execute such aspects of the rubber program in such manner and for such period of time as he deems advis able, and full compliance shall be ac
corded such directives by the Federal agencies concerned.
4. In accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 and unless future direc tives issued thereunder shall otherwise provide:
A. The Office of the Petroleum Coordi nator for War shall, upon and under the direction of the Rubber Director:
1 Conduct or promote developmental research in the production and manu facture of butadiene from petroleum and natural gas products and recommend new production and manufacturing methods for the consideration of the Rubber Director.
2 Serve as the agency of the Govern ment in supervising, upon completion of construction, the operation of plants producing synthetic" rubber raw mate rials made from petroleum and natural gas product.
B. The Rubber Reserve Company shall, upon and under the direction of the Rubber Director, serve as the agency of the Government in supervising the con struction of all plants under the rubber program, including plants manufactur ing butadiene from petroleum and nat ural gas products.
5. Nothing herein shall be construed to limit the powers conferred upon the Price Administrator by the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942.
6. Any provision of any Executive Or der conflicting with this order is super seded to the extent erf such conflict.
F r a n k l in D R o o sev el t T h e W h it e H o u s e ,
Septefnber 17,1942.
P . R . D oc. 43-9276; F iled , S ep tem b e r 18, 1942;
12:08 p. m .

CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
E x e c u t iv e O r d e r s :

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Rubber program, coordination and control_____________
War Manpower Commission, transfer of certain employ ment service and training functions._____________
REGULATIONS AND
NOTICES

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A g r ic u l t u r a l M a r k e t in g A d m i n i s
t r a t io n :

Milk handling orders:
Boston, Mass-------------------- 7410
Lowell-Lawrence, Mass_____ 7412
B i t u m i n o u s C oal D i v i s i o n :

Flash Coal Co., hearing post poned_________________
Minimum price s c h e d u l e s amended:
District 10________
District 13________________
District 15 corr.__________
District 19_______________
Shelby Coal Co.,hearing____

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7408

E c o n o m ic W a rfare B o a r d :

Export control; ship and plane stores, supplies and equip ment Am. 38------ --------- 7384
E n to m o lo g y and P lan t Q u a ran t in e B u r e a u :

Japanese beetle administrative instructions modified 2
documents_____________ 7381
F ed e r a l C o m m u n i c a t i o n s C o m m i s
s io n :

Amateur radio station licenses, issuance________
7407
Telephone companies, uniform system of accounts_______ 7407
F ederal P o w e r C o m m is s io n :

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9247

Cooperative Service Assn., hear ing__________________

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F e d e r a l T r ade C o m m i s s i o n :
T r a n s f e r r in g C e r t a i n E m p l o y m e n t S e r v ic e a n d T r a i n in g F u n c t i o n s t o t h e W ar M a n p o w e r C o m m i s s i o n
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the First War Powers Act, 1941, and for the purpose of enabling the C o n tin u e d o n n e x t p a g e
Remus, Stanley J., hearing----O f f ic e
of
D efense
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T ran spo r ta

t io n :

Harrisburg, Pa., and New York, N. Y., coordination of motor passenger service------------- 7414
C o n tin u e d o n n e x t p a g e
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