PART III. THE HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR

SEC. 4. The Housing and Home Finance Administrator is hereby designated and empowered to perform the following-described functions without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President:

(a) The authority vested in the said Administrator by section 102 (e) of the Housing Act of July 15, 1949, ch. 338, 63 Stat. 415 (42 U. S. C. 1452 (e)), to issue and have outstanding obligations for purchase by the Secretary of the Treasury.

(b) The authority vested in the said Administrator by section 103 (b) of the said act (42 U. S. C. 1453 (b)) to contract to make capital grants with respect to projects assisted under Title I of the said act.

(c) The authority vested in the President by sections 6 (d) and 10 (e) of the act of September 1, 1937, ch. 896, 50 Stat. 888, as affected by Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 19471 (61 Stat. 954) and as amended (42 U. S. C. 1406 (d) and 1410 (e)), to approve the undertaking by the Public Housing Administration of any annual contribution, grant, or loan or any contract for any annual contribution, grant, or loan, under said act.

(d) The authority vested in the President by section 14 of the said act, as affected by said Reorganization Plan and as amended (42 U. S. C. 1414), to approve the amending or superseding of any contract for annual contributions or loans, or both, so that the going Federal rate on the basis of which such annual contributions or the interest rate on the loans, or both, respectively, are fixed shall mean the going Federal rate on the date of approval of the amending or superseding contract entered into by the Public Housing Administration.

(e) The authority vested in the President by section 5 of the act of June 29, 1936, ch. 860, 49 Stat. 2026, as affected by Executive Order No. 7732 of October 27, 1937, and by the said Reorganization Plan, to approve the dedication by the Public Housing Commissioner of streets, alleys, and parks for public use, and the granting by the said Commissioner of easements, in connection with any lowcost housing or slum-clearance project described in that act.

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PART IV. THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

SEC. 5. (a) The Federal Communications Commission is hereby designated and empowered to exercise, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, all authority vested in the President by the act of May 27, 1921, ch. 12, 42 Stat. 8 (47 U. S. C. 34 to 39, inclusive), including the authority to issue, withhold, or revoke licenses to land or operate submarine cables in the United States: Provided, That no such license shall be granted or revoked by the Commission except after obtaining approval of the Secretary of State and such advice from any executive department or establishment of the Government as the Commission may deem necessary. The Commission is authorized and directed to receive all applications for the said licenses.

(b) Executive Order No. 3513 of July 9, 1921, as amended by Executive Order No. 6779 of June 30, 1934, is hereby revoked.

PART V. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL SERVICES

SEC. 6. The Attorney General and the Administrator of General Services are hereby designated and empowered jointly to perform the following-described functions without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President:

(a) The authority vested in the President by section 5 (a) of the act of July 26, 1935, ch. 417, 49 Stat. 501, as amended (44 U. S. C. 305 (a)), to determine from time to time the documents or classes of documents having general applicability and legal effect.

(b) The authority vested in the President by sections 6, 11 (a), and 11 (f) of said act, as amended (44 U. S. C. 306; 311 (a); and 311 (f)), to approve (or disapprove), respectively, (1) regulations, prescribed by the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register, for carrying out the provisions of that act (including the regulations referred to in section 5 (b) of the act, authorizing publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER of certain documents or classes of documents), (2) actions of the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register requiring, from time to time, the preparation and publication in special or supplemental editions of the FEDERAL REGISTER of complete codifications of the documents, described in the said section 11 (a), of each agency of the Govern

ment, and (3) regulations, prescribed by the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register, for carrying out the provisions of section 11 of the said act, as amended.

PART VI. GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 7. All actions heretofore taken by the President in respect of the matters affected by this order and in force at the time of the issuance of this order, including any regulations prescribed or approved by the President in respect of such matters, shall, except as they may be inconsistent with the provisions of this order, remain in effect until amended, modified, or revoked pursuant to the authority conferred by this order.

SEC. 8. As used in this order, the term "functions" embraces duties, powers, responsibilities, authority, or discretion, and the term "perform" may be construed to mean "exercise."

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

May 10, 1954.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10531 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10450 OF APRIL 27, 1953, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, including section 1753 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 U. S. C. 631); the Civil Service Act of 1883 (22 Stat. 403; 5 U. S. C. 632, et seq.); section 9A of the act of August 2, 1939, 53 Stat. 1148 (5 U. S. C. 118 j); and the act of August 26, 1950, 64 Stat. 476 (5 U. S. C. 22-1, et seq.), and as President of the United States, and finding such action necessary in the best interests of the national security, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Subsection (d) of section 8 of Executive Order No. 10450 of April 27, 1953, as amended by Executive Order No. 10491 of October 13, 1953, relating to security requirements for Government employment is hereby amended by striking out after the words "subdivisions (2)" the words "through (7)" and substituting the words "through (8)" so that the last clause of the first sentence of that section will read as follows:

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"or information relating to any of the matters described in subdivisions (2) through (8) of subsection (a) of this section."

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

May 27, 1954.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10532

AMENDMENT OF THE LIST OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CONTAINED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 97081 OF MARCH 26, 1946 WHEREAS Executive Order No. 9708 of March 26, 1946, specifies certain communicable diseases for the purpose of regulations providing for the apprehension, detention, or conditional release of individuals to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread of communicable diseases; and

WHEREAS the National Advisory Health Council and the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service have recommended that the communicable disease Relapsing Fever (louse-borne) be likewise specified by including the designation thereof in the list of communicable diseases contained in the said Executive order; and

WHEREAS it appears that such specification would be in the public interest:

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 361 (b) of the Public Health Service Act, approved July 1, 1944 (58 Stat. 703; 42 U. S. C. 264), and as President of the United States, the list of communicable diseases contained in the said Executive Order No. 9708 is hereby amended by including therein a specification of the communicable disease Relapsing Fever (louse-borne), so that such list shall read as follows:

"Anthrax, Chancroid, Cholera, Dengue, Diphtheria, Favus, Gonorrhea, Granuloma Inguinale, Infectious Encephalitis, Leprosy, Lymphogranuloma Venereum, Meningococcus Meningitis, Plague, Poliomyelitis, Psittacosis, Ringworm of the Scalp, Relapsing Fever (louse-borne), Scarlet Fever, Smallpox, Streptococcic Sore Throat, Syphilis, Trachoma, Tuberculosis, Typhoid Fever, Typhus, Yellow Fever."

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

May 28, 1954.

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By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act, approved December 29, 1945 (59 Stat. 669), and having found that the United States participates in the Organization of American States pursuant to the treaty of April 30, 1948 (T. I. A. S. 2361), I hereby designate such organization as a public international organization entitled to enjoy the privileges, exemptions, and immunities conferred by the International Organizations Immunities Act.

The designation of the Organization of American States as a public international organization within the meaning of the International Organizations Immunities Act is not intended to abridge in any respect privileges, exemptions, and immunities which the Organization may have acquired or may acquire by treaty or congressional action.

The designation of the Organization of American States made by this order shall be deemed to include the designation of the Pan American Union, and the designation of the Pan American Union made by Executive Order No. 96981 of February 19, 1946, is hereby superseded. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

June 3, 1954.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10534 PROVIDING FOR THE SUPERVISION AND DIRECTION OF THE SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Public Law 358, 83d Congress, 2d Session, approved May 13, 1954, 68 Stat. 92, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered that the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation shall be subject to the direction and supervision of the Secretary of Defense. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

June 9, 1954.

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EXECUTIVE ORDER 10535 AUTHORIZING THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION TO CONFER A COMPETITIVE STATUS UPON PERSONS WHO FAILED TO ACQUIRE SUCH STATUS Under CerTAIN EXECUTIVE ORDERS BECAUSE OF ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 404) and by section 1753 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

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1. The Civil Service Commission may confer a competitive status upon any employee or former employee of the Government who met the requirements for acquisition of such status under Executive Order No. 10080 of September 30, 1949, or under Executive Order No. 10157 of August 28, 1950, as amended, but was not recommended by an agency because of administrative error: Provided, that such employee is recommended by the agency in which he is employed, and such former employee is recommended either by an agency desiring to reemploy him or by the agency which could have recommended him under Executive Order No. 10080 or Executive Order No. 10157, as amended.

2. Acquisition of competitive status under this order shall not entitle any person to appeal a reduction in force or other personnel action made effective prior to the date on which the Civil Service Commission notifies the agency concerned that such person has been granted a competitive status under this order. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

(b) of section 16 of the Federal Airport Act, approved May 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 179), with the approval of the President and the Attorney General of the United States, to perform any acts and to execute any instruments necessary to make conveyances requested by the Administrator of Civil Aeronautics under subsection (a) of the said section 16 may be exercised by such heads of departments and agencies without the approval of the President.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

June 9, 1954.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10537 AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDERS Nos. 102191 AND 10480 WITH RESPECT TO THE DESIGNATION OF A COMMISSIONER OF THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION TO PERFORM CERTAIN FUNCTIONS

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U. S. C. App. 2061, et seq.), and as President of the United States, it is ordered that the preamble of section 101 of Executive Order No. 10219 of February 28, 1951 (16 F. R. 1983), and section 201 (a) (3) of Executive Order No. 10480 of August 14, 1953 (18 F. R. 4939), be, and they are hereby, amended by deleting therefrom the words "Bureau of Service of the Commission" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "bureau which administers the car-service functions of the Commission as set forth in paragraphs 10 to 17, inclusive, of section 1 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended,".

This order shall become effective on June 1, 1954.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

June 22, 1954.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10538 ESTABLISHING A SEAL FOR THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

WHEREAS the Commandant of the United States Marine Corps with approval of the Secretary of the Navy has caused to be made, and the Department

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of Defense has recommended that I approve, a seal for the United States Marine Corps, the design of which accompanies and is hereby made a part of this order, and which is described as follows:

Standing upon the western hemisphere of the terrestrial globe containing the lines of latitude and topographical outlines of North, Central, and South America, an American bald eagle with wings displayed horizontally and inverted holding in his beak a scroll inscribed with the motto "SEMPER FIDELIS", all bronze. Behind the western hemisphere a foul anchor bend sinister-wise with stock, arms, and flukes in slight perspective, all bronze, on a scarlet background and within a dark blue band edged in gold circumscribed by a gold rope rim and inscribed "DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS" in gold letters. The central device of the seal is the emblem of the United States Marine Corps;

AND WHEREAS it appears that such seal is of suitable design and appropriate

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10539 PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF FUNCTIONS RESPECTING RUBBER, TIN, AND ABACA HERETOFORE ADMINISTERED BY THE RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Rubber Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 101), as amended (50 U. S. C. App. 1921, et seq.), the joint resolution of June 28, 1947, 61 Stat. 190, as amended, the Abaca Production Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 435; 50 U. S. C. 541, et seq.), section 107 (a) (1) of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Liquidation Act, 67 Stat. 231, and section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be organized a corporation under the authority and subject to the provisions of section 10 of the Rubber Act of 1948, 62 Stat. 105, as amended, 50 U. S. C. App. 1929. The said corporation shall be known as the Federal Facilities Corporation.

SEC. 2. Executive Order No. 99421 of April 1, 1948 (13 F. R. 1823), providing for the performance of certain functions under the Rubber Act of 1948, is hereby amended by deleting from sections 2 and 3 thereof the words "Reconstruction Finance Corporation” and inserting in lieu thereof, in each case, the words "Federal Facilities Corporation."

SEC. 3. The Federal Facilities Corporation is hereby designated as the instrumentality of the United States which shall perform and exercise the functions heretofore performed and exercised by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation under the said joint resolution of June 28, 1947, as amended.

SEC. 4. (a) All functions vested in the President by the said Abaca Production Act of 1950 shall be performed and exercised through the General Services Administration, except the functions of the President under section 3 (a) of the said act (with respect to directing increases or reductions of acreage) and his functions under subsections (c) and (d) of section 4 of the said act (50 U. S. C. 542 (a); 543 (c); 543 (d)).

(b) The letter of the President to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of

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the Reconstruction Finance Corporation of August 10, 1950, relating to abaca, is superseded by the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.

SEC. 5. The Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall carry out the provisions of section 10 (d) of the Rubber Act of 1948, as amended (50 U. S. C. App. 1929 (d)), section 4 (d) of the Abaca Production Act of 1950 (50 U. S. C. 543 (d)), and section 107 (b) of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Liquidation Act, as the said provisions relate to the provisions of sections 2, 3, and 4 of this order.

SEC. 6. As used in this order, the term "functions" shall be deemed to embrace powers, duties, responsibilities, authority, and discretion.

SEC. 7. The provisions of sections 2, 3, and 4 of this order shall become effective at the close of June 30, 1954, or at an earlier time fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury after consultation with the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. All other provisions hereof shall become effective immediately.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

June 22, 1954.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10540 DESIGNATING CERTAIN OFFICERS OF THE GOVERNMENT TO WHICH THE ANNUAL AND SICK LEAVE ACT OF 1951, AS AMENDED, SHALL NOT APPLY, AND DELEGATING THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE SUCH DESIGNATIONS TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 202 (c) (1) (C) of the Annual and Sick Leave Act of 1951, as added by the act of July 2, 1953, 67 Stat. 136, and by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, it is ordered as follows:

1. Subject to the provisions of section 2 hereof, officers in the executive branch of the Government and officers of the government of the District of Columbia, including officers of corporations wholly owned or controlled by the United States, who now or may hereafter occupy the positions set forth in the schedule attached hereto and made a part hereof are hereby designated as officers to whom