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Washington Friday, December 12, 1941
The President e x e c u t iv e o r d e r
P rescribing R egulations G overning the U se, Control and C losing of R adio S tations and the P reference or P r i
ority of C ommunications
WHEREAS The Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled have de clared that a state of war exists between the United States and the Imperial Jap
anese Government;
AND WHEREAS Section 606 of the Communications Act of 1934 48 Stat.
1104; U.S.C., title 47, sec. 606 author izes the President under such circum stances to cause the closing of any radio station and the removal therefrom of its apparatus and equipment, and to author ize the use or control of any such station and/or its apparatus and equipment by any agency of the Government under such regulations as the President may prescribe upon just compensation to the owners, and further authorizes him to direct th at communications essential to the national defense and security shall have preference or priority;
AND WHEREAS I t is necessary to in sure the national defense and the suc cessful conduct of the war th a t the Gov ernment of the United States shall take over, operate, and have use or possession of certain radio stations or parts thereof within the jurisdiction of the United States, and shall inspect, supervise, con trol or close other radio stations or parts thereof within the jurisdiction of the United States, and th a t there should be priority with respect to the transmission of cerain communications by wire or radio;
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of au thority vested in me under the Consti tution of the United States and under the aforementioned Joint resolution of Congress dated December 8, 1941, and under the provisions of the aforemen tioned Section 606 of the Communic-

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tions Act of 1934,1 hereby prescribe th a t from and after this date the Defense THE PRESIDENT
Communications Board created by the Executive Order of September 24, 19401 Executive Orders:
hereinafter referred to as the Board Indian lands, extension of trust shall exercise the power and authority periods expiring during vested in me by Section 606 of the Com 1942____________________
munications Act of 1934 pursuant to and Radio stations, regulations gov under the following regulations:
erning use, control, and closing, and the preference 1. The Board shall determine and pre or priority of communica pare plans for the allocation of such tions ___________________
portions of governmental and nongov ernmental radio facilities as may be re RULES, REGULATIONS, quired to meet the needs of the armed ORDERS
forces, due consideration being given to the needs of other governmental agen T itle 9A nimals and A n i m a l cies, of industry, and of other civilian P roducts :
Agricultural Marketing Service:
activities.
Asheville Livestock Yards, 2. The Board shall, if the national se Inc., removal from list of curity and defense and the successful posted stockyards--------conduct of the war so demand, designate specific radio stations and facilities or T itle 16C ommercial P ractices:
portions thereof for the use, control, su Federal Trade Commission:
pervision, inspection or closure by the DeLuxe Products Co., et al., Department of War, Department of Navy cease and desist order or other agency of the United States Rayon and silk dyeing, print Government.
ing and finishing indus 3. The Board shall, if the national se try, trade practice rules curity and defense and the successful T itle 20E mployees B e n e fit s :
conduct of the war so demand, prescribe United States Employees Com classes and types of radio stations and pensation Commission:
facilities or portions thereof which shall Compensation district rede be subject to use, control, supervision, in
fined; new district estab spection or closure, in accordance with lished ________________such prescription, by the Department of T
itle 24H ousing C redit :
War, Department of Navy or other Home Owners Loan Corpora agency of the United States Government tion:
designated by the Board.
Limitation on brokers author 4. Every department and independent ity to incur charges-------agency of the government shall submit T itle 31M oney and F inance :
to the Defense Communications Board, T reasury :
at such time and in such manner as the Monetary Offices:
Board may prescribe, full information Banco di Napoli Trust Co., with respect to all use made or proposed revocation of general lito be made of any radio station or facility censes________________
and of any supervision, control, inspec T itle 32N ational D e fe n se :
tion or closure which has been or is pro Export control: Economic De posed to be effected pursuant to para fense Board:
graph 3 hereof.
Schedule No. 26-----------------5 F.R. 8817.

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