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JSCRIPTA

NUMBER 54

Washington, Thursday, March 18, 1948

TITLE 3 THE PRESIDENT
EXECUTIVE ORDER 9935
D irecting the T ransfer of C ertain V essels to the G overnment of I taly
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including the Trading with the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917
40 Stat. 411, as amended, and the act of August 5, 1947, Public Law 370, 80th Congress, 1st Session, it is hereby ordered as follows:
1. The Attorney General and the United States Maritime Commission, are authorized and directed to transfer to the Governmentof Italy all right, title, interest, and possession of the United States, the Attorney General, or the Maritime Commission in the following vessels, which were under Italian regis try and flag on September 1, 1939:
ELWOOD ex. LACONIA
GALLANT FOX ex. GUIAN
GOLD HEELS ex. BRENNERO
HERMITAGE ex. CONTE BIANCAMANO
LOWLANDER ex. LEME
MOKATAN ex. MAR GLAUCO
TROUBADOR ex. CONFIDENZA
TYPHOON ex. COLORADO
WHITE CLOVER ex. MONFIORE
ALCIBIADES px. IOLE FASSIO
FAIRENO ex. DENTICE
MALVERN ex. TROTTIERA
MONTICELLO ex. CONTE GRANDE
SWIVEL ex. BACICIN PADRE

2. The United States Maritime Com mission is authorized and directed to designate 15 surplus Liberty ships and to transfer them to the Government of Italy, it having been determined by the Commission that 15 Liberty ships have a total tonnage approximately equal to the total tonnage of vessels under Italian registry and flag on September 1, 1939, and subsequently seized in United States ports and thereafter lost while being em ployed in the United States war effort.
3. The above transfers shall be made pursuant to agreements to be executed by the Attorney General or the United States Maritime Commission or both, as the case may require, acting on behalf of the United States, and by the Govern ment of Italy, which agreements shall
contain substantially the following pro visions and such other provisions con sistent with the act of August 5, 1947, as the Attorney General and the Mari time Commission, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall consider nec essary and appropriate:
a No monetary compensation shall be paid for the use by the United States or its agencies of former Italian vessels acquired or seized by the United States after September 1, 1939.
b All costs incurred to return or transfer a vessel to the Government of Italy shall be borne or reimbursed by the Government of Italy.
c The Government of Italy shall agree to discharge and save harmless the Government of the United States of America from any responsibility and li ability for the processing, settlement and satisfaction of any claims to or against the vessels so transferred or the lost ves sels in respect of which substitute vessels are transferred.
d Prior to the removal of any vessel to be transferred from the custody, ac tual or constructive, of any court, the Government of Italy shall make or Cause to be made arrangements, including the posting of astipulation for value or other security Jn nature and amount satisfac tory to such court,_io secure the pay ment of any unpaid claims against the vessel.
e Of the 15 surplus Liberty ships des ignated for transfer to the Government of Italy the Maritime Commission shall retain such number as will constitute se curity for the payment of such sums of money as the Attorney General may de termine sufficient for the processing, set tlement and satisfaction of any claims not otherwise secured to or against the lost vessels in respect of which the sub stitute ships are being transferred.
f Delivery of the HERMITAGE ex.
CONTE BIANCAMANO and MONTI
CELLO ex. CONTE GRANDE pursuant to this order shall be without prejudice to any rights of the Government of the United States, under existing agency agreements with the Government of Italy, with respect to 1 accounting for Continued on next page

CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Executive Order
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Transfer of certain vessels to Gov ernment of Italy; direction----- 1395
EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Agriculture Department
Proposed rule making:
.Fruit preserves or jams ; U. S.
Standards------------------------ 1408
Rules and regulations:
Milk handling in New York met ropolitan area----------------1396
Alien Property, Office of
Notices:
Vesting orders, etc.:
Eppelsheimer, Philip-----------Gamertsfelder, C. H., et al Gruhle, Mary E ----------------Kelley, Louise, et al-------Klindworth, John D-----------Knorr Food Products Corp Nau, Elizabeth-----------------Pohl, Adolf_______________
Ruhrmann, Adele------------ -Schindler, Mary Anna--------Schmid, Herman, et al------Schulze, Auguste Lehmer, et al____________ ------Standard Oil Co. of Cali fornia_________________

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Civil Aeronautics Administra tion
Rules and regulations:
Federal aid tp public agencies for development of public air ports; revision of part------- 1398
Federal Trade Commission
Rules and regulations:
Cease and desist orders; New England Fish Co. et al-------- 1405
Food and Drug Administration
Rules and regulations:
Statements of general policy or interpretation; notices to manufacturers, p a c k e r s , and distributors:
Drugs for internal use which contain mineral oil---------- 1406
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