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VOLUME 11

1934

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NUMBER 5

Washington, Tuesday, January 8, 1946
The President EXECUTIVE ORDER 9674
Liquidation op W ar A gencies
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, includ ing Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941 55 Stat. 838, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:
1. There shall be in the Office for Emergency Management of the Execu tive Office of the President a Director of Liquidation, hereinafter referred to as the Director, who shall be appointed by the President and who shall perform his functions in consultation with a Liqui dation Advisory Committee.
The Liquidation Advisory Committee shall be composed of one representative of each of the following agencies: the Department of the Treasury, the Sur plus Property Administration, the Na tional Archives, the Civil Service Com mission, the Public Buildings Adminis tration, the General Accounting Office, and the Bureau of the Budget. The chairman of the Committee shall be designated by the Director from the Committees membership.
2. It shall be the duty of the Director to further proper preparations, arrange ments, and methods for the orderly and timely winding up of the affairs of the temporary Federal agencies created for the purposes of the war, hereinafter re ferred to as war agencies, particularly with respect to personnel, property, ac counts, space, and records. To this end the Director shall:
a Cause to be developed by each war agency, for use whenever it shall, pur suant to Act of Congress or order of the President, as the case may be, cease the performance of its substantive functions or .m aterially reduce the volume of its activities, suitable plans for the winding up or retrenchment of its affairs.
b When deemed appropriate, ar range for the designation, by the head of any war agency, of a liquidation of ficer for the agency.
c Receive periodic reports which .be submitted by each war agency, showing the status of preparation for liquidation, or of liquidation, as the case may be.

d Establish such uniform liquida tion practices as will accelerate the rate or improve the quality of the liquidation.
e Suggest to the Civil Service Com mission and the Liaison Officer for Per sonnel Management measures designed to ameliorate the impact of liquidation upon the employees of the war agencies liquidated.
f Advise and assist the war agencies in such other respects as will facilitate the preparation for and the carrying out of the liquidation of their affairs.
3. Nothing in this order shall be deemed to divest any agency referred to in paragraph 1 of this order of any of its functions which may be concerned with the liquidation of a war agency.
The functions of the Director shall not be deemed to extend to the affairs of any agency which has heretofore been, or shall hereafter be, abolished and the affairs of which are transferred to the Department of the Treasury, or to any other department, for the final winding up of such affairs. 4. The Director may, within the limits of funds which may be made available, employ personnel and make provisions for supplies, facilities, and services, and incur other expenses, necessary to dis charge the functions of the Director un der this order.
H arry S. T ruman T he W hite H ouse,
January 4, 1946.
P. R. Doc. 46-275; Piled, Jan. 6, 1946;
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EXECUTIVE ORDER 9675
Creating an E mergency B oard to I nvesti gate the D isputes B etween the S t .
Lo uis -S an F rancisco R ailway C om pany and the S t . L o u is , S an F rancisco and T exas R ailway C ompany , C ar riers, and Certain of T heir E mployees
WHEREAS disputes exist between the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Com pany and the St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway Company, carriers, and certain of their employees repre sented by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, a labor organization; and WHEREAS, these disputes have not heretofore been adjusted under the proContinued on p. 335

CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT

E xecutive O rders:

St. Louis-San Francisco Railwy Co. and St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Rail way Co., carriers and cer tain of their employees;
creation of e m e r g e n c y board to investigate dis putes between__________
War agencies, liquidation_____

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P residential A ppo intm ent :

Fact finding board in U. S. Steel dispute_________________
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REGULATIONS AND NOTICES
A griculture D epartment :

Mississippi, salaries and wages of workers picking and pulling cotton in Delta a re a _______________
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Tobacco, 1945 crop flue-cured WFO 4-10, termination _ 335
A lien P roperty C ustodian :

Vesting orders:
Bawlitza, Wolf G_______
359
Bensmann, Herman, G. m. b.
H
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Berliner Handelsgesellschaft 2 documents_____ 358,359
Blass, Lucie___________
358
Bock, K u rt____________
358
Cordes, Wilhelm H. L___ 360
DeKramolin, Leon L_____ 360
D e u t s c h e Kreditsicherung Kom m anditgesellschaft et al_________________
361
Deutsche Zentralgenossenschaftskasse 361
Donner, Conrad Hinrich 2
documents 361, 362
Elked, A., and/or Mrs. M.
Elked ____________
362
Etscheit. Florentine 362
Eue, E r n s t - ____ ___
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Civil A eronautics B oard:

Dispatcher aeronautical experi ence ___ 1 __________ .___
Free and reduced-rate transpor tation ; free travel for postal employees_______________

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Civilian P roduction A dministra tio n :

Apparel, acceptance and filling of rated orders and comple tion and deliveries M-328B, Int. 1 ----------------------333

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