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Washington, Friday, October 5, 1945
The President EXECUTIVE ORDER 9836
O bservance by G overnment A gencies op H olidays F alling on S undays
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Whenever the first day of January, the twenty-second day of Feb ruary, the thirtieth day of May, the fourth day of July, the eleventh day of November, or the twenty-fifth day of De cember, falls on a Sunday, all executive departments, independent agencies, and Government-owned or Government-con trolled corporations, including their field services, shall be closed to public busi ness on the following Monday.
Section 2. Whenever any of the abovenamed days falls on a Sunday, all em ployees of the executive departments, in dependent agencies and Governmentowned or Government-controlled corpo rations who would ordinarily be excused from work on any of the above-named days if falling on a day other than a Sunday shall be excused from work on the following Monday.
Section 3. In administering the provi sions of law relating to pay and leaves of absence, the Monday referred to in sec tion 2 of this order shall be treated as a holiday, subject to the following excep tions :
v a in the case of employees whose reg ularly scheduled basic workweek includes both the Sunday and the Monday re ferred to in section 2 of this order, either day, as determined by the head of the department, agency, or corporation con cerned, but not both days, shall be treated as a holiday.
b in the case of employees whose regularly scheduled basic workweek in cludes the Sunday but not the Monday referred to in section 2 of this order, only the Sunday shall be treated as a holiday.

Section 4. This 8rder supersedes Ex ecutive Order No. 1076 of May 22,1909.
H arry S. T ruman T he W hite H ouse,
October 3, 1945.
F. R. Doc. 45-18470; Filed, Oct. 4, 1945;
11:00 a. m.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9637
M edal for M erit
By virtue of and pursuant to the au thority vested in me by section 2 of the act of July 20,1942, 56 Stat. 662,1 hereby prescribe the following rules and regula tions for the award of the decoration of the Medal for Merit, created by the said act:
1. The decoration of the Medal for Merit shall be awarded only by the Presi dent of the United States or at his direc tion. Awards of the Medal for Merit may be made to such civilians of the nations prosecuting the war under the joint dec laration of the United States and of other friendly foreign nations as have distin guished themselves by exceptionally meritorious conduct in the perform ance of outstanding services in the fur therance of the prosecution of the war since the proclamation of an emergency by the President on September 8, 1939.
Awards of the Medal for Merit made to civilians of foreign nations shall be for the performance of an exceptionally meritorious or courageous act or acts in furtherance of the war efforts of the United Nations.
2. There is hereby established the Medal for Merit Board, which shall be composed of three members appointed by the President, one of whom shall be designated by the President to act as Chairman of the Board.
3. The Medal for Merit Board shall receive and consider proposals for the award of the decoration of the Medal for Merit and submit to the President the recommendations of the Board with re spect thereto. In the case of proposed awards to civilians of foreign nations, such recommendations shall include the recommendations of the Secretary of State.
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CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
E xecutive O rders:

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Holidays falling on Sundays, ob servance by Government_ 12543
Medal for merit______________ 12543
REGULATIONS AND NOTICES
A griculture D epartment.
See also Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine.
Beans, restrictions on deliveries WFO 45, partial suspen-
sion___________________ 12548
Fats and oils emergency quotas WFO 42, Am. 20________ 12548
Federal Seed Act regulations;
miscellaneous amendments Corr._______
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Food storage facilities, refriger ated WFO 111, partial sus pension _______
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Funds heretofore granted agri cultural workers health as sociations, transfer of re sponsibility to Director of Labor of use and expendi ture of unexpended bal ances ___________________ 12545
Hearings on handling of milk:
Omaha-Council Bluffs mar keting area____________ 12562
Sioux City, Iowa, marketing area___________________ 12563
Alien P roperty Custodian:

Vesting orders, etc.:
Becker, Carl Rudolph_______ 12564
Duchrow, Hermann------------ 12565
G. m. b. H. fuer Oberbauforschung and SiemensSchuckertwerke A. G.
etal,___________________ 12570
Harrah, Charles J_________ 12571
Harz, Harmann, and Radio Patents Corp__________ 12567
Henrich, Hans E et al_____ 12568
Holny, Frank______________ 12571
Jordan, Ernst_______ ,___ ! _ 12565
Klonne, August and Stacey Bros. Gas Construction C o____________________ 12567
Malishev, Boris, et al--------- 12566
Peddinghaus, Paul F_______ 12567
Piepmeyer & Co. et al_____ 12570
Polka, Helen___ __________ 12564
Reinhardt, Franz C_________ 12572
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