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Washington, Tuesday, December 23, 1941
The President E X E C U T IV E O R D E R

Establishing the O ffice of C ensorship and P rescribing I ts F unctions and Duties By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, and particularly by section 303, Title II I of the act of D e cember 18, 1941, Public L aw 354, 77th Congress, 1st Session, mid deeming that the public safety demands it, I hereby order as follows:
1. There is hereby established the O f fice of Censorship, at the head o f which shall be a Director o f Censorship. The Director o f Censorship shall cause to be censored, in his absolute discretion, com munications by mail, cable, radio, or other means of transmission passing be tween the United States and any foreign country or which may be carried by any vessel or other means o f transportation touching at any port, place, or Territory of the United States and bound to or from any foreign country, in accordance With such rules and regulations as the President shall from time to time pre scribe. The establishment o f rules and regulations in addition to the provisions of this order shall not be a condition to the exercise of the powers herein granted or the censorship by this order directed The scope of this order shall include all foreign countries except such as may hereafter be expressly excluded by regu lation.
2. There is hereby created a Censorship Policy Board, which shall consist of the Vice-President of the United States, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Attorney General, the Post master General, the Secretary o f the Navy, the Director of the Office of Gov ernment Reports, and the Director of the Office of Facts and Figures. The Post
master General shall act as Chairman of the Board. The Censorship Policy Board shall advise the Director of Censorship with respect to policy and the coordina tion and integration of the censorship herein directed.
3. T h e Director o f Censorship shall es tablish a Censorship Operating Board, which shall consist of representatives of such departments and agencies of the Government as the Director shall specify.
Each representative shall be designated by the head of the department or agency which he represents. The Censorship Operating Board shall, under the super vision of the Director, perform such duties with respect to operations as the Director shall determine.
4. The Director of the Censorship is au thorized to take all such measures as may be necessary or expedient to administer the powers hereby conferred, and, in addi tion to the utilization of existing per sonnel of any department or agency available therefor, to employ, or authorize the employment of, such additional per sonnel as he m ay deem requisite.
5. As used in this order the term United States shall be construed to include the Territories and possessions of the United States, including the Philip pine Islands.
F r a n k lin D R oosevelt
T he W h ite H ouse, Washington, D. C., Dec. 19,1941.
No. 89851
P . R. Doc. 41-9600; FUed, December 20, 1941;
11:45 a. m .

CONTENTS
T H E P R E S ID E N T
Executive Orders:
Office of Censorship, establish ment ______
Panam a Canal, Governor au thorized to increase com pensation o f certain em ployees ______________________

E X E C U T IV E O R D E R

B y virtue of the authority vested in me by section 81 of title 2 of the C anal Zone Code, as amended by section 3 of the act
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R U LE S , R E G U L A T IO N S , ORDERS

T itle 6 A gricultural C redit :
Farm Credit Administration:
Federal Land B ank of Berke ley, partial release fees__

T itl e 8 A liens
and
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N a t io n a l it y :

Immigration an d Naturaliza tion Service:
Ogdensburg Municipal A ir port, N . Y., designation as temporary airport of entry______________________ _
T itle 14 Civ il A v ia t io n :
Civil Aeronautics Board:
A ircraft dispatcher certifi cates, periodic endorsement requirem ents____ __

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T itle 16 C ommercial P ractices :
Federal T rade Commission:
Post Institute Sales Corp., et aL, cease and desist order __________ ________
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Sun glass industry, promulga tion of trade practice ru le s ____________ - 6629
T itle 17 C ommodity and S ecuri ties
A uthorizing the G overnor; of T he P an
ama C anal T o I ncrease the C ompensa
tio n of Certain E mployees
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E xchanges:

Securities and Exchange Com
mission:
Conditional exemption of certain investment com panies from requirements concerning selection of independent a c c o u n t ants________________________
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