(b) At the request of the head of a department or agency, or the Employment Policy Officer thereof, consult with and advise them concerning non-discriminatory employment policies under this order and regulations of such department or agency relating to such policies; (c) Consult with and advise the Civil Service Commission with respect to civilservice regulations relating to nondiscriminatory practices under this order; (d) Review cases referred to it under the provisions of this order and render advisory opinions on the disposition of such cases to the heads of the departments or agencies concerned; (e) Make such inquiries and investigations as may be necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this section. SEC. 3. The head of each executive department and agency shall be responsible for the effectuation of the policy of this order with respect to all civilian personnel matters under his authority and shall: or (a) Prescribe regulations for the administration of the employment policies under this order that will insure a complainant of an appeal to the proper authorities within his department agency, a fair hearing, and a just disposition of his case. The regulations shall in all cases provide that subsequent to the recommendations of the Employment Policy Officer, as provided in section 6 (b) of this order, and prior to the final decision of the department or agency, and upon the written request of the complainant, the complainant's case shall be referred to the Committee for its review and an advisory opinion as provided under section 2 (d) of this order. (b) File with the Committee a copy of the regulations prescribed for his agency pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, and report to the Committee all instances in which complaints are made regarding the actions of the department under the policy of this order, together with a statement of the disposition made of the complaint. SEC. 4. The head of each executive department and agency, or his designated representative, may refer any case coming within the purview of this order to the Committee for review and an advisory opinion whenever he deems necessary. SEC. 5. The head of each executive department and agency shall designate an official of his department or agency as Employment Policy Officer, and shall designate such Deputy Employment Policy Officers as may be necessary to assist the Employment Policy Officer to effectively carry out the policy of this order. The position of Employment Policy Officer shall be established outside of the division handling the personnel matters of the department or agency concerned. Each Employment Policy Officer shall be under the immediate supervision of the head of his department or agency, and shall be given the authority necessary to enable him to carry out his responsibilities under this order. All officials and employees of each department and agency shall be advised of the name of its Employment Policy Officer. SEC. 6. Each Employment Policy Officer shall: (a) Advise the head of his department or agency with respect to the preparation of regulations, reports, and other matters pertaining to the policy of this order and the conformity therewith of the conduct of personnel matters in his department or agency; (b) Receive and investigate complaints of alleged discrimination in personnel matters within his department or agency and make recommendations to appropriate administrative officials for such corrective measures as he may deem necessary; (c) Appraise the personnel operations of the department or agency at regular intervals to assure their continuing conformity to the policy expressed in this order. SEC. 7. The Civil Service Commission shall in connection with its responsibilities under the law issue such regulations as may be necessary to implement the policy of this order. SEC. 8. This order supersedes Executive Order No. 9980 of July 26, 1948, and the Fair Employment Board established thereby in the Civil Service Commission is abolished. The records and property of the Fair Employment Board shall re main with the Civil Service Commission and shall be available for the use of the Committee. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, January 18, 1955. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10591 WAIVING THE AGE REQUIREMENTS TO PERMIT OTTO K. OLESEN TO COMPETE IN THE COMPETITIVE CIVIL-SERVICE EXAMINATION FOR THE POSITION OF POSTMASTER AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA By virtue of the authority vested in me by the provisions of section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403, 404), it is hereby ordered that the age requirements for entrance to examinations under the Civil Service Rules be, and they are hereby, waived to permit Otto K. Olesen to participate in the competitive civil-service examination for the position of postmaster at Los Angeles, California. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, January 20, 1955. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10592 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 105241 OF MARCH 31, 1954, DELEGATING CERTAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT RESPECTING SCHOOL-CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, section 1 of Executive Order No. 10524 of March 31, 1954, delegating certain functions of the President respecting school-construction assistance, is hereby amended to read as follows: SECTION 1. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is hereby authorized and empowered, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, to make the findings authorized to be made by the President under section 305 (a) (3) of the act of September 23, 1950, entitled “An Act relating to the construction of school facilities in areas affected by Federal activities, and for other purposes", as heretofore or hereafter amended U. S. C. 295 (a) (3)). DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, January 21, 1955. (20 119 F. R. 1809; 3 CFR, 1954 Supp., p. 52. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10593 AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 10296,1 AS AMENDED, TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF DEFENSE MOBILIZATION TO PERFORM ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code (65 Stat. 713), and as President of the United States, it is ordered that section 2 of Executive Order No. 10296 of October 2, 1951 (16 F. R. 10103), as amended, entitled "Providing for the Performance of Certain Defense Housing and Community Facilities and Services Functions", be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: 2. The Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization is hereby designated and empowered to perform, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the functions vested in the President by section 104 of the Defense Housing and Community Facilities and Services Act of 1951, as amended (which Act, as amended, is hereinafter referred to as the Act), relative to the designation of periods during which, and relaative to the designation of projects for which: (1) Mortgages may be insured under Title IX of the National Housing Act, as amended. (2) Agreements may be made to extend assistance for the provision of community facilities or services under Title III of the Act. (3) The construction of temporary housing or community facilities may be begun by the United States under Title III of the Act. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, January 27, 1955. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10594 AMENDING THE SELECTIVE SERVICE By virtue of the authority vested in me by Title I of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (62 Stat. 604), as amended, I hereby prescribe the following amendments of the Selective Service Regulations prescribed by Executive Orders No. 9979 la of July 20, 1948, 1 16 F. R. 10103; 3 CFR, 1951 Supp., p. 508. 1a 3 CFR, 1948 Supp., p. 123. No. 9988 of August 20, 1948, No. 10001' of September 17, 1948, No. 10292 of September 25, 1951, and No. 103445 of April 17, 1952, and constituting portions of Chapter XVI of Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations: 1. (a) Section 1604.41 of Part 1604, Selective Service Officers, is amended to read as follows: § 1604.41 Appointment and duties. Advisors to registrants may be appointed by the Director of Selective Service upon recommendation of the State Director of Selective Service to advise and assist registrants in the preparation of questionnaires and other selective service forms and to advise registrants on other matters relating to their liabilities under the selective service law. Every person so appointed should be at least 30 years of age. The names and addresses of advisors to registrants within the local board area shall be conspicuously posted in the local board office. (b) Subparagraph (1) of paragraph (d) of § 1604.71 of Part 1604 is amended to read as follows: (1) To appeal, as prescribed by the regulations in this chapter, from any classification of a registrant by the local board which is brought to his attention and, in his opinion, should be reviewed by the appeal board. 2. (a) Section 1617.1 of Part 1617, Registration Certificates, is amended to read as follows: § 1617.1 Effect of failure to have registration certificate in personal possession. Every person required to present himself for and submit to registration must have a Registration Certificate (SSS Form No. 2) in his personal possession at all times. The failure of any person to have a Registration Certificate (SSS Form No. 2) in his personal possession shall be prima-facie evidence of his failure to register. When such person is inducted into the armed forces or enters upon active duty in the armed forces, other than active duty for training only or active duty for the sole purpose of undergoing a physical examination, he shall surrender his Registration Certificate (SSS Form No. 2) to the com 23 CFR, 1948 Supp., p. 136. 33 CFR, 1948 Supp., p. 207. 43 CFR, 1951 Supp., p. 480. 53 CFR, 1952 Supp., p. 70. manding officer of the joint examining and induction station or to the responsible officer at the place to which he reports for active duty, who shall destroy such certificate. (b) The following new section is added to Part 1617 immediately preceding § 1617.11: § 1617.10 Duty of registrant separated from active duty in armed forces. Every registrant who is separated from active duty in the armed forces and who does not have a Registration Certificate (SSS Form No. 2) shall, within 10 days after the date of his separation, make application for the issuance by his local board of a duplicate Registration Certificate (SSS Form No. 2) by completing and filing with his own or any other local board an Application for Issuance of Duplicate Registration Certificate (SSS Form No. 5). 3. Paragraph (c) of § 1622.13 of Part 1622, Classification Rules and Principles, is amended to read as follows: (c) In Class I-D shall be placed any registrant who on February 1, 1951, was a member of an organized unit of the federally recognized National Guard, the federally recognized Air National Guard, the Army Reserve, the Air Force Reserve, the Naval Reserve, the Marine Corps Reserve, the Coast Guard Reserve, or the Public Health Service Reserve, and thereafter has continued to be such member and satisfactorily participate in scheduled drills and training periods as prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. 4. (a) Paragraph (a) of § 1623.4 of Part 1623, Classification Procedure, is amended to read as follows: (a) As soon as practicable after the local board has classified or reclassified a registrant (except a registrant who is classified in Class I-C because of his entering active service in the armed forces) it shall mail a notice thereof on a Notice of Classification (SSS Form No. 110) to the registrant. When a registrant is classified in Class I-S, Class II-A, Class II-C, or Class II-S the date of the termination of the deferment shall be entered on the Notice of Classification (SSS Form No. 110). (b) Section 1623.5 of Part 1623 is amended to read as follows: § 1623.5 Persons required to have Notice of Classification (SSS Form No. 110) in personal possession. Every person who has been classified by a local board must have in his personal possession at all times, in addition to his Registration Certificate (SSS Form No. 2), a valid Notice of Classification (SSS Form No. 110) issued to him showing his current classification. When any such person is inducted into the armed forces or enters upon active duty in the armed forces, other than active duty for training only or active duty for the sole purpose of undergoing a physical examination, he shall surrender his Notice of Classification (SSS Form No. 110) to the commanding officer of the joint examining and induction station or to the responsible officer at the place to which he reports for active duty, who shall destroy such notice. (c) Section 1623.11 of Part 1623 is amended to read as follows: § 1623.11 Registrant separated from active duty in armed forces. (a) Immediately upon receipt by the local board of information that a registrant has been separated from active duty in the armed forces, the local board shall review the registrant's classification to determine whether he should be placed or retained in Class I-C. (b) If upon such review, the local board places or retains the registrant in Class I-C, it shall immediately mail a Notice of Classification (SSS Form No. 110) to the registrant on which shall be entered following the classification the identification "Disc." or "Res." as the case may be. 5. Section 1625.2 of Part 1625. Reopening and Considering Anew Registrant's Classification, is amended to read as follows: § 1625.2 When registrant's classification may be reopened and considered anew. The local board may reopen and consider anew the classification of a registrant (a) upon the written request of the registrant, the government appeal agent, any person who claims to be a dependent of the registrant, or any person who has on file a written request for the current deferment of the registrant in a case involving occupational deferment, if such request is accompanied by written information presenting facts not considered when the registrant was clas sified, which, if true, would justify a change in the registrant's classification; or (b) upon its own motion if such action is based upon facts not considered when the registrant was classified which, if true, would justify a change in the registrant's classification; provided, in either event, the classification of a registrant shall not be reopened after the local board has mailed to such registrant an Order to Report for Induction (SSS Form No. 252) or an Order to Report for Civilian Work and Statement of Employer (SSS Form No. 153) unless the local board first specifically finds there has been a change in the registrant's status resulting from circumstances over which the registrant had no control. 6. (a) Section 1629.1 of Part 1629, Disqualifying Obvious Defects and Manifest Conditions, is amended by deleting from the list of obvious defects and manifest conditions appearing therein the following: Asthma, severe, obvious to medical advisor. Carcinoma, or other malignant tumor or disease of any organ or part of the body. Epilepsy, positive certification of. Feet, flat, when accompanied by marked symptoms and deformity. Flat feet, when accompanied by marked symptoms and deformity. Malignant disease or neoplasm of any organ or part of body. Osteomyelitis, active, of any bone or a substantiated history of osteomyelitis of any of the long bones of the extremities at any time. Pulmonary tuberculosis, active within five years. Tuberculosis, pulmonary, active within five years. (b) Section 1629.1 of Part 1629 is further amended by inserting in the list of obvious defects and manifest conditions, so as to appear therein in alphabetical order, the following: Asthma, severe, uncontrollable by medication. Carcinoma, unless successfully treated five or more years previously. Cerebral palsy, with marked residuals, speech defect, atrophy, contractures, or eye disturbances. Epilepsy, grand mal or petit mal, if not controllable by medication. Feet, flat, markedly symptomatic. Harelip, unless successfully repaired by surgery. Height, less than 60 inches or more than 78 inches. Malignant disease or neoplasm, unless successfully treated five or more years previously. Osteomyelitis, active, or a substantiated history of osteomyelitis of any of the long bones of the extremities at any time unless successfully treated two or more years previously. Overweight, when markedly disproportionate and would interfere with the wearing of the uniform. Palsy, cerebral, with marked residuals, speech defect, atrophy, contractures, or eye disturbances. Pulmonary tuberculosis, active within two years. Tuberculosis, pulmonary, active within two years. Weight, less than 105 pounds, except for Puerto Ricans, Filipinos, and other individuals of oriental descent, 101 pounds is acceptable. 7. Subparagraphs (2), (3), and (4) of paragraph (b) of § 1655.6 of Part 1655, Registration of United States Citizens Outside of the United States and Classification of Such Registrants, are amended to read as follows: (2) Assign a selective service number to the registrant and complete the required entries in the local board records in the manner provided in the case of a late registration. 50). (3) Prepare a Registration Certificate (SSS Form No. 2) from the information contained on the Registration Questionnaire-Foreign (SSS Form No. The date on which the registrant was registered as certified on the Registration Questionnaire-Foreign (SSS Form No. 50) shall be inserted as the date of registration on the Registration Certificate (SSS Form No. 2). The registrant's selective service number shall be entered on the Registration Certificate (SSS Form No. 2), which form, when completed, shall be signed by a member or the clerk of the local board. (4) Mail the completed Registration Certificate (SSS Form No. 2) to the registrant at his present mailing address as given on line 3 of the Registration Questionnaire-Foreign (SSS Form No. 50); provided, that if such mailing address is outside of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Canal Zone, Canada, Cuba, and Mexico, such form shall be mailed to the Director of Selective Service for transmittal to the registrant. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, January 31, 1955. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10595 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 9746 OF JULY 1, 1946, RELATING TO THE PANAMA CANAL AND THE CANAL ZONE By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including the Canal Zone Code, approved June 19, 1934, as amended, and as President of the United States, Executive Order No. 9746 of July 1, 1946 (11 F. R. 7329), relating to the Panama Canal and the Canal Zone, is hereby amended as follows: 1. Paragraphs 1 to 6, inclusive, thereof are renumbered as paragraphs 3 to 8, inclusive, and two new paragraphs, numbered 1 and 2, and reading as follows, are inserted immediately after the preamble of the said order: “1. The Secretary of the Army is hereby designated, pursuant to Canal Zone Code, title 2, section 5, as amended by section 1 of the act of September 26, 1950, 64 Stat. 1038, as the officer of the United States to supervise the administration of the Canal Zone Government by the Governor of the Canal Zone. "2. The organization of the Canal Zone Government shall include a Lieutenant Governor of the Canal Zone, who (1) shall be appointed by the Governor of the Canal Zone subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Army, (2) shall perform such duties as the Governor shall determine, and (3), unless the Secretary of the Army shall designate another person for such purpose, shall act as Governor during the absence or disability of the Governor or in the event of a vacancy in the office of Governor." 2. Paragraphs 1 (h) and 3 of the said order, hereinabove renumbered as paragraphs 3 (h) and 5, are amended to read, respectively, as follows: "(h) Canal Zone Code, title 2, section 81, as amended by section 3 of the act of July 9, 1937, ch. 470, 50 Stat. 487, relative to the appointment, removal, fixing of compensation, and prescribing of the conditions of employment of persons, other than the Governor of the Canal Zone, necessary for the civil government, including health, sanitation, and protection of the Canal Zone: Provided, that this delegation of authority shall be subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this order, as amended." "5. To the extent that the supervisory authority vested in the Secretary of the 111 F. R. 7329; 3 CFR, 1946 Supp., p. 148. |