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VOLUME 16

NUMBER 25

Washington, Tuesday, February 6, 1951
TITLE 3 THE PRESIDENT
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10210
A u t h o r iz in g
D epar tm ent op D e
fen se and th e D epar tm ent of C o m
m er ce To E x ercise t h e F u n c t io n s a n d P o w e r s S e t F o r t h i n T it l e I I of t h e F ir s t W ar P o w e r s A c t , 1941, as A m e n d e d b y t h e A ct of J a n u a r y 12, 1951, a n d P r e s c r ib in g R e g u l a t io n s fo r t h e E xe r c ise o f S u c h F u n c t io n s a n d P ow ers the
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the First War Powers Act, 1941, as amended by the act of January 12, 1951, entitled An Act To amend and extend title I I of the First War Powers Act, 1941 Public Law 921, 81st Con gress, hereinafter called the Act, and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, and deeming that such action will facilitate the national defense, it is hereby ordered as follows:
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Under such regulations, which shall be uniform to the extent practicable, as may be prescribed or approved by the Secretary of Defense:
1. The Department of Defense is au thorized, within the limits of the amounts appropriated and the contract authorization provided therefor, to en ter into contracts and into amendments or modifications of contracts heretofore or hereafter made, and to make advance, progress, and other payments thereon, without regard to the provisions of law relating to the making, performance, amendment, or modification of con tracts.
2. The Secretaries of Defense, the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force may exercise the authority herein conferred and, in their discretion and by their di rection may delegate such authority to any other military or civilian officers or officials of their respective departments, and may confer upon any such mili tary or civilian officers or officials the power to make further delegations of such authority within their respective departments.
3. The contracts hereby authorized to be made include agreements of all kinds whether in the form of letters of intent, purchase orders, or otherwise for all types and kinds of things .and services necessary, appropriate or convenient for
the national defense, or for the inven tion, development, or production of, or research concerning any such things, in cluding, but not limited to, aircraft, buildings, vessels, arms, armament, equipment, or supplies of any kind, or any portion thereof, including plans, spare parts and equipment therefor, materials, supplies, facilities, utilities, machinery, machine tools, and any other equipment without any restriction of any kind, either as to tyRe, character, loca tion, or form.
4. The Department of Defense may by agreement modify or amend or settle claims under contracts heretofore or hereafter made, may make advance, progress, and other payments upon such contracts of any percentum of the con tract price, and may enter into agree ments with contractors or obligors, modifying or releasing accrued obliga tions of any sort, including accrued liquidated damages or liability under surety or other bonds, whenever, in the judgment of the Secretaries of Defense, the Army, the Navy, or the Air Force, respectively, or their duly authorized representatives, the national defense will be thereby facilitated. Amendments and modifications of contracts may be with or without consideration and may be utilized to accomplish the same things as any original contract could have ac complished hereunder, irrespective of the time or circumstances of the making, or the form, of the contract amended or modified, or of the amending or modi fying contract, and irrespective of rights which may have accrued under the con tract or the amendments or modifica tions thereof.
5. Advertising, competitive bidding, and bid, payment, performance or other bonds or other forms of security need not be required.
6. Complete data shall be maintained by the Department of Defense as to all contracts and purchases made pursuant to the Act and this order. The Secre taries of Defense, the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force shall make available for public inspection so much of such data as they may respectively deem com patible with the publie interest and as does not cover classified contracts or purchases.
7. There shall be no discrimination in any act performed hereunder against any person on the ground of race, creed, Continued on p. 1051

CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
t Executive Order
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Department of Defense and De partment of Commerce; au thorization to exercise certain functions and powers and pre scribing regulations for exercise o f such functions and powers__1049

EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Agriculture Department See Production and Marketing Administration.

Alien Property, Office of Notices :
Vesting orders, etc.:
Bruhn, Bruno______________
1106
Costs and expenses incurred in New York court action 1112
Dittmann; Arthur------------- 1109
1106
Fujino, Hideo______________
Helm Bros. Ltd., Messrs_____ 1112
Ishikawa, G________________
1103
Joerling, Henry, et al---------- 1108
Kanazawe, Tad and Fuyonosuke______________________
1110
Klaeber, Frederick and Char lotte______________________ 1103
Knoll A. G ________
1109
Lang, Franc and Kunegude__1110
Luhrig, Wilhelm_____1______ 1107
MacGowan, Gault__________ 1108
Mano, Mika and Takichi____ 1111
Marx, Julius________________
1111
N. V. Staalproducten Handel en Agenturen Mij Prosteel- 1108
Nederlandsche Credietverzekering Maatschappij N. V ___ 1107
Rapp, Franzisha____________ 1109
Reher Rehr, Fritz________ 1111
Ritter, H. F., & Co., Inc______ 1110
Sanhein, Peter_____________ 1104
Seidel, Carl, et al___________ 1104
Shiba, Otokichi and Souzu__
1105
Staab-van den Vrijhoef, M.
B. H
1103
Stein, Henry_______________
1105
Stoeckle, Helen_____________ 1105
Tanigawa, Tomizo__________ 1112
Wachenfeld, Gustav O______ 1106

Atomic Energy Commission Proposed rule making:
Radioisotope distribution______
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