and September 30, 1956, both dates inclusive, and are not now exempted therefrom, are hereby exempted from automatic separation from the service until October 31, 1956. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, July 31, 1956. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10675 OF AMENDMENT OF SECTION 203 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 105771 OF NOVEMBER 22, 1954, PROVIDING FOR THE CONVERSION CERTAIN CAREER-CONDITIONAL APPOINTMENTS TO CAREER APPOINTMENTS By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1753 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 U. S. C. 631) and by the Civil Service Act of January 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403), and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: SECTION 1. Section 203 of Executive Order No. 10577 of November 22, 1954, is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 203. The career-conditional appointment of any employee entitled to veteran preference who has a compensable service-connected disability of ten per centum or more may be converted to a career appointment: Provided, that not later than December 31, 1957, the agency in which he is employed so recommends and certifies to the Commission that he has satisfactorily completed a one-year probationary period: Provided further, that any such employee who is not certifled for career appointment under this section shall have his career-conditional appointment converted to a career appointment when he has completed the service requirement for such appointment prescribed under section 2.2 (a) of Civil Service Rule II." SEC. 2. This order shall be effective as of January 23, 1955, the effective date of the said Executive Order No. 10577. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, August 21, 1956. 119 F. R. 7521, 9315; 3 CFR, 1954 Supp. 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 World Meteorological Organization under the authority of the Convention of the World Meteorological Organization ratified by the President on May 4, 1949, with the advice and consent of the Senate given on April 20, 1949, I hereby designate the World Meteorological Organization as a public international organization entitled to enjoy the privileges, exemptions, and immunities conferred by the said International Organizations Immunities Act. The designation of the World Meteorological Organization as a public international organization within the meaning of the said International Organizations Immunities Act is not intended to abridge in any respect privileges, exemptions, and immunities which such organization may have acquired or may acquire by treaty or congressional action. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, September 1, 1956. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10677 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 10629,1 AS AMENDED, TO AUTHORIZE ENLISTMENTS IN THE READY RESERVE OF THE AIR FORCE RESERVE By virtue of the authority vested in me by subsection (a) of section 262 of the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952, as added by section 2 (i) of the Reserve Forces Act of 1955 (69 Stat. 600), it is ordered that Executive Order No. 10629 of August 13, 1955, authorizing enlistments in the Ready Reserve of the Army Reserve and the Marine Corps Reserve, as amended by Executive Order No. 106672 of May 9, 1956, to include the 120 F. R. 5911; 3 CFR, 1955 Supp. 3 Supra. Naval Reserve and the Coast Guard Reserve, be, and it is hereby amended to read as follows: "WHEREAS I have determined that the enlisted strength of the Ready Reserve of the Army Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, Naval Reserve, Coast Guard Reserve, and Air Force Reserve cannot be maintained at the level necessary for the national defense: "NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by subsection (a) of section 262 of the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952 as added by section 2 (i) of the Reserve Forces Act of 1955 (69 Stat. 600), I hereby authorize the acceptance of enlistments in units of the Ready Reserve of the Army Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, Naval Reserve, Coast Guard Reserve, and Air Force Reserve pursuant to the provisions of the said section 262 of the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952, as added as heretofore indicated, under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe." DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, September 1, 1956. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10678 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE RUBBER PRODUCING FACILITIES DISPOSAL COMMISSION By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 20 of the Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Act of 1953, 67 Stat. 414, as amended or modified (50 U. S. C. App. 1941r), and by section 6 (d) of the act of March 21, 1956, 70 Stat. 53, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1. Subject to the provisions of section 2 of this order, the Federal Facilities Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the Corporation) is hereby designated as the agency to administer the contracts of sale or lease of the Government-owned rubber producing facilities made pursuant to the Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Act of 1953, as amended, and to administer other matters involving the Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Commission, including all powers and authority conferred upon the said Commission by sections 4, 5, and 6 of the said act of March 21, 1956, and also including the winding up of the affairs of the Commission. The said contracts are hereby transferred to the Corporation. SEC. 2. The administration of the national-security clause contained in such contracts of sale, including any contract of sale made under the act of March 31, 1955, 69 Stat. 15, or under the said act of March 21, 1956, and the administration of the national-security clause (including the recapture clause) contained in any lease of the unsold facilities made under any of the aforesaid acts shall be carried out in accordance with the needs and requirements of the national defense as determined by the Secretary of Defense. SEC. 3. The records, property, liabilities, employees, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds, available or to be made available, of the Rubber Producing Facilities Disposal Commission are hereby transferred to the Corporation, for use or employment by the Corporation in connection with the administration or performance of its functions and duties under section 1 of this order, or for other disposition as determined, consonant with law, by the Corporation. SEC. 4. All matters placed under the administration or jurisdiction of the Corporation by sections 1 and 3 of this order shall be subject to direction and control by the Secretary of the Treasury. SEC. 5. This order shall become effective on September 24, 1956. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE House, September 20, 1956. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10679 WITHHOLDING OF COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD AND THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD FOR STATE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM PURPOSES By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of June 15, 1956, 70 Stat. 283, and section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, I hereby prescribe the following regulations governing agreements to be entered into between the Secretary of Defense and States or Territories, pursuant to the provisions of the said act of June 15, 1956, with respect to withholding of compensation of certain civilian employees of the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard for State or Territorial employeeretirement system purposes: 1. Such an agreement shall be entered into by the Secretary of Defense within one hundred and twenty days of the receipt of a request therefor by the Secretary from the Governor or any other proper official of any State or Territory: Provided, (a) that the law of such State or Territory provides for the payment of employee contributions to such State or Territorial employee-retirement systems by withholding sums from the compensation of such State or Territorial employees and making returns of such sums to officials of such State or Territory; (b) that civilian employees of the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard, other than those employed by the National Guard Bureau, are eligible for membership in a State or Territorial employee-retirement system; and (c) that each such agreement shall be consistent with the provisions of the said act of June 15, 1956, and of rules and regulations issued thereunder, and shall be subject to any amendments of the said act, including amendments occurring after the effective date of any such agreement. 2. Each such agreement (a) shall provide that the Secretary of the Army with respect to such employees of the Army National Guard, and the Secretary of the Air Force with respect to such employees of the Air National Guard, shall comply with the requirements of such State or Territorial law in the case of employees subject to the said act of June 15, 1956, who are eligible for membership in such retirement system for State or Territorial employees, (b) shall specify when the withholding of sums from the compensation of such State or Territorial employees shall commence, and (c) shall provide for procedures for the withholding, the filing of the returns, and the payment of the sums withheld from compensation to the State or Territory which conform, so far as practicable, to the usual fiscal practices of the Department of the Army and the Department of the Air Force, respectively. 3. The Secretary of the Army with respect to Army National Guard employees, and the Secretary of the Air Force with respect to Air National Guard employees, shall designate, or provide for the designation of, the officers or employees whose duty it shall be to withhold sums from compensation, fille required returns, and direct the payment of such sums withheld, in accordance with the terms of the agreements entered into between the Secretary of Defense and the States or Territories. 4. Nothing in this order, or in rules or regulations issued thereunder, or in any agreement entered into pursuant thereto, shall be construed as giving consent to the application of any provision of law of any State or Territory which has the effect of imposing more burdensome requirements upon the United States than it imposes upon the departments, agencies, or political subdivisions of the State or Territory concerned with respect to employees thereof who are members of the State or Territorial retirement system, or which has the effect of subjecting the United States or any of its officers or employees to any penalty or liability. 5. As used in this order, the term "employees" means civilian employees of the Army National Guard or Air National Guard of a State or Territory who are employed pursuant to section 709 of title 32 of the United States Code, and paid from Federal, appropriated funds. 6. I hereby delegate to the Secretary of Defense authority to prescribe such rules and regulations not inconsistent herewith as may be necessary to further effectuate the provisions of the said act of June 15, 1956, or of this order. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, September 20, 1956. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10680 DESIGNATING THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION AS A PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION ENTITLED TO ENJOY CERTAIN PRIVILEGES, EXEMPTIONS, AND IMMUNITIES 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 International Finance Corporation under the authority of the act of Congress approved August 11, 1955, (69 Stat. 669), I hereby designate the International Finance Corporation as a public international organization entitled to enjoy the privileges, exemptions, and immunities conferred by the said International Organizations Immunities Act. The designation of the International Finance Corporation made by this order is not intended to abridge in any respect privileges, exemptions, and immunities which such corporation may have acquired or may acquire by treaty or Congressional action; nor shall such designation be construed to affect in any way the applicability of the provisions of section 3, Article VI, of the Articles of Agreement of the Corporation deposited in the archives of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, October 2, 1956. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10681 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 10152,1 PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS RELATING TO INCENTIVE PAY FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF HAZARDOUS DUTY By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 204 and 501 (d) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 809, 826), as amended, and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, section 4 of Executive Order No. 10152 of August 17, 1950, prescribing regulations relating to the right of members of the uniformed services to incentive pay for the performance of hazardous duty required by competent orders, is hereby amended by adding thereto a new subsection (c) reading as follows: "(c) Minimum flight requirements for members of Reserve components of the uniformed services who perform both active-duty and inactive-duty training during the same calendar month and who may qualify for incentive pay under the provisions of both sections 204 and 501 (d) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949: (1) For periods of active duty, those prescribed by subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of this section. (2) For periods of inactive-duty training, those prescribed by subdivision (4) of subsection (b) of this section. 1 15 F. R. 5489; 3 CFR, 1950 Supp. 603081 O-61 -22 However, the total flight requirements as determined by subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection may be met at any time during such calendar month (1) on inactive-duty training, or (2) on active-duty and inactive-duty training, if the inactive-duty flight requirement for such month has been met." DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, October 22, 1956. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10682 AMENDMENT OF SECTION 2 (c) OF EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 10530,1 DELEGATING TO THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION THE AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT TO EXEMPT CERTAIN EMPLOYEES FROM AUTOMATIC SEPARATION FROM THE SERVICE By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, I hereby amend subsection (c) of section 2 of Executive Order No. 10530 of May 10, 1954, to read as follows: "(c) Except as to Presidential appointees, the authority vested in the President (1) by section 204 of the act of June 30, 1932, 47 Stat. 404, to exempt from automatic separation from the service under the said section 204 any person when, in his judgment, the public interest so requires, and (2) by subsection (c) of section 5 of the Civil Service Retirement Act of July 31, 1956, 70 Stat. 748, to exempt from automatic separation from the service under the said section 5 any employee when, in his judgment, the public interest so requires." DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, October 22, 1956. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10683 INCLUDING CERTAIN LANDS IN THE CHEROKEE NATIONAL FOREST WHEREAS on July 26, 1955, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the United States Department of Agriculture entered into an agreement (Contract No. TV-14396-A) providing for the transfer 119 F. R. 2709; 3 CFR, 1954 Supp. Page 331 by the said Authority to the said Department of the right of possession and all other right, title, and interest which the Authority might have in or to certain lands therein designated and described in Carter County, Tennessee, so that such lands might be included in and reserved as a part of the Cherokee National Forest, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the said agreement and subject to the approval required by section 4 (k) (c) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, as amended by the act of July 18, 1941 (55 Stat. 599); and WHEREAS on March 7, 1956, the said agreement between the Tennessee Valley Authority and the United States Department of Agriculture was approved by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget pursuant to the provisions of section 4 (k) (c) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, as amended, and of section 1 (h) of Executive Order No. 10530 of May 10, 1954; and WHEREAS it appears that such lands are suitable for national-forest purposes and that the inclusion of such lands in the Cherokee National Forest would be in the public interest: 1 NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 24 of the act of March 3, 1891, 26 Stat. 1103, and the act of June 4, 1897, 30 Stat. 34, 36 (16 U. S. C. 471, 473), and as President of the United States, and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, I hereby include in and reserve as a part of the Cherokee National Forest the following-described lands, such inclusion and reservation to be in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of the said agreement of July 26, 1955, between the Tennessee Valley Authority and the United States Department of Agriculture: Certain land lying in the 18th Civil District of Carter County, State of Tennessee on the shores of Wilbur Lake, which land is designated as Parcels Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4. PARCEL No. 1 A parcel of land lying on the north shore of Wilbur Lake at Wilbur Dam and described as follows: Beginning at a metal marker (Coordinates: N. 734,353; E. 3,141,461) in the US-TVA Purchase Boundary at a corner of the lands of Ralph B. Nave et ux and the Luther A. Loveless (Bowers) Heirs. 13 CFR, 1954 Supp. From the initial point, With the US-TVA Purchase Boundary, S. 52° 49' E., 230 feet to a metal marker; S. 42° 13' E., 619 feet to a poplar stump and metal marker; S. 2° 10' W., 122 feet to a metal marker; S. 3° 37' W., 355 feet to a metal marker; S. 3° 37' W., 79 feet to a black gum tree; S. 34° 18′ W., 610 feet to a hacked 16-inch double red oak tree and a metal marker; S. 60° 49′ W., 983 feet to a point in the 1,665-foot contour; Leaving the US-TVA Purchase Boundary, S. 60° 49′ W., 15 feet, more or less, to a point in the 1,655-foot contour on the north shore of Wilbur Lake; With the said contour as it meanders in a westerly direction approximately 70 feet to a point (Coordinates: N. 732,211 E. 3,140,744); Leaving the contour, N. 50° 21' E., 275 feet to a metal marker; N. 15° 47′ W., 720 feet to a metal marker; N. 76° 20′ W., 274 feet to a metal marker; N. 59° 04' E., 503 feet to a metal marker; N. 21° 59′ W., 622 feet to a metal marker in the US-TVA Purchase Boundary; With the US-TVA Purchase Boundary, N. 64° 14' E., 182 feet to a metal marker; N. 64° 04' E., 673 feet to the point of beginning. The above described Parcel No. 1 contains 43.6 acres, more or less. PARCEL NO. 2 A parcel of land lying on the east shores of Wilbur Lake approximately 21⁄2 mile east of Wilbur Dam and described as follows: Beginning at U. S. F. S. Corner No. 3 (Coordinates: N. 730,650; E. 3,143,336), in the US-TVA Purchase Boundary at a corner of the land of the United States of America in custody of the Forest Service and the land of I. J. Estep. From the initial point, With the US-TVA Purchase Boundary, N. 16° 20′ W., 44 feet to a metal marker; Leaving the US-TVA Purchase Boundary, N. 16° 20′ W., 60 feet to a point in the center line of the access highway to Watauga Dam; N. 16° 20′ W., 46 feet to a metal marker in the 1,655-foot contour on the shore of Wilbur Lake; With the said contour as it meanders in a general northerly direction and subsequently in a westerly direction to a point; Leaving the contour, |