military purposes of the United States by Presidential Proclamation dated November 10, 1899, and a series of Executive orders enumerated in Executive Order No. 5487 of November 14, 1930, describing the said reservation; and

WHEREAS the Secretary of the Army, pursuant to section 203 of the act of Congress approved June 16, 1949, 63 Stat. 177, transferred to the Federal Works Agency a certain portion of the Fort Armstrong Military Reservation for use as a quarantine station; and

WHEREAS a portion of the lands so transferred, more particularly described below, now under the jurisdiction of the General Services Administration, as successor to the Federal Works Agency, is needed by the Territory of Hawaii for purposes of an improvement project in Honolulu Harbor; and

WHEREAS pursuant to an agreement dated August 3, 1950, between the Territory of Hawaii and the General Services Administration, which is to become effective upon the issuance of this order, the Territory has agreed to perform certain construction and alteration work of benefit to the United States at no cost to the United States; and

WHEREAS, by reason of the aforesaid agreement, the General Services Administration has no objection to the grant to the Territory of title to the lands described below, provided that the work prescribed in the agreement is completed to the satisfaction of the General Services Administration; and

WHEREAS by the act of July 27, 1954, 68 Stat. 567 (Public Law 539, 83d Congress), the Congress of the United States provided that notwithstanding the said act of June 16, 1949, the President is authorized to exercise in respect of the lands described below, all those powers which, by the second sentence of section 91 of the Hawaiian Organic Act, as amended, are conferred upon him in respect of other ceded property taken for the uses and purposes of the United States; and

WHEREAS it is deemed desirable and in the public interest that title to the lands described below be transferred to the Territory of Hawaii upon the conditions hereinafter stated:

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the second sentence of section 91 of the act of April 30, 1900, as amended by section 7 of the

act of May 27, 1910, 36 Stat. 447 (48 U. S. C. 511), it is ordered as follows:

Subject to the terms of the last paragraph of this order, the followingdescribed lands at Kaakaukukui, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, shall be restored to the possession and use of the Territory of Hawaii, and title thereto shall be transferred to the Territory:

TRACT A

Being the same as "PARCEL 3" described in Exhibit "B" of the agreement between the General Services Administration and the Territory of Hawaii dated August 3, 1950, and the same as item 1 (a) of Public Law 539, 83d Congress.

Beginning at the north corner of this parcel of land, and on the southeast side of the area formerly known as Channel Street, the coordinates of said point of beginning referred to Government Survey Triangulation Station "Punchbowl" being 4412.22 feet south and 5678.39 feet west, and running by azimuths measured clockwise from true south:

1. 309° 03' 167.01 feet along portion of Presidential Executive Order 10309, Tract 1; 2. 38° 57' 20" 96.70 feet along same; 3. 308° 48' 30" 25.98 feet along same; 4. 38° 48' 30" 407.52 feet along portion of United States Military Reservation Fort Armstrong (Presidential Executive Order 5487) and along portion of quarantine station site (act of June 16, 1949);

5. 129° 00′ 194.43 feet along portion of quarantine station site (act of June 16, 1949);

6. 219° 00′ 504.28 feet along the southeast side of the area formerly known as Channel Street to the point of beginning. Area 2.18 acres.

TRACT B

Being the same as "PARCEL 7" described in Exhibit "C" of the agreement between the General Services Administration and the Territory of Hawaii dated August 3, 1950, and the same as item 1 (b) of the act of July 27, 1954, 68 Stat. 568 (Public Law 539, 83d Congress).

Beginning at the north corner of this parcel of land, the west corner of the land described in Governor's Executive Order No. 1081 (Pier 2) and on the southeasterly side of the Honolulu Harbor line, the coordinates of said point of beginning referred to Government Survey Triangulation Station "Punchbowl" being 4652.16 feet south and 6222.25 feet west, and running by azimuths measured clockwise from true south:

1. 309° 00' 60.00 feet along Governor's Executive Order No. 1081;

2. 39° 00′ 20.00 feet along portion of quarantine station site (act of June 16, 1949); 3. 129° 00' 60.00 feet along same;

4. 219° 00′ 20.00 feet along the Honolulu Harbor line to the point of beginning. Area 0.03 acre.

The said restoration of possession and use and transfer of title to the Territory are made subject to the condition that the Territory shall fully comply with the terms of its agreement dated August 3, 1950, with the General Services Administration referred to above, and shall become effective only upon the certification by a designated representative of the General Services Administration that the work described therein has been satisfactorily completed.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

February 15, 1955.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10598 AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 10483,' ESTABLISHING THE OPERATIONS COORDINATING BOARD

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, and as President of the United States, it is ordered that subsections (b) and (d) of section 1 of Executive Order No. 10483 of September 2, 1953 (18 F. R. 5379) be, and they are hereby, amended to read, respectively, as follows:

"(b) The Board shall have as members the following: (1) the Under Secretary of State, who shall represent the Secretary of State and shall be the chairman of the Board, (2) the Deputy Secretary of Defense, who shall represent the Secretary of Defense, (3) the Director of the Foreign Operations Administration, (4) the Director of Central Intelligence, (5) the Director of the United States Information Agency, and (6) one or more representatives of the President to be designated by the President. Each head of agency referred to in items (1) to (5), inclusive, in this section 1 (b) may provide for an alternate member who shall serve as a member of the Board in lieu of the regular member representing the agency concerned when such regular member is for reasons beyond his control unable to attend any meeting of the Board; and any alternate member shall while serving as such have in all respects the same status as a member of the Board as does the regular member in lieu of whom he serves."

118 F. R. 5379; 3 CFR, 1953 Supp., p. 104.

"(d) The Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs may attend any meeting of the Board." DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

February 28, 1955.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10599 DESIGNATING THE HONORABLE A. CECIL SNYDER TO ACT, UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AS JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO DURING THE YEAR 1955

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 41 of the act entitled "An Act to provide a civil government for Puerto Rico, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1917, as amended by section 20 of the act entitled "An Act to revise, codify, and enact into law title 28 of the United States Code entitled 'Judicial Code and Judiciary'", approved June 25, 1948 (62 Stat. 989), I hereby designate and authorize the Honorable A. Cecil Snyder, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to perform and discharge the duties of the office of Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, and to sign all necessary papers and records as acting judge of the said district court, without extra compensation, in case of vacancy in the office of judge of the said district court, or in case of the death, absence, illness, or other legal disability of the judge thereof, during the year 1955.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

of the United States or at his direction to members of the armed forces of the United States and members of the armed forces of friendly foreign nations, who, after the proclamation of an emergency by the President on September 8, 1939, shall have distinguished themselves by exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services.

"2. Awards of the decoration of the Legion of Merit may be proposed to the President by the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force, each acting upon the recommendation of an officer of the armed forces of the United States who has personal knowledge of the services of the person recommended.

"3 (a). The decoration of the Legion of Merit, in the degrees of Commander, Officer, and Legionnaire, shall be awarded by the Secretary of Defense or his designee, after concurrence by the Secretary of State, to members of the armed forces of friendly foreign nations.

"(b). Recommendations for awards of the Legion of Merit, in the degree of Chief Commander, to members of the armed forces of friendly foreign nations shall be submitted by the Secretary of Defense, after concurrence by the Secretary of State, to the President for his approval."

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

March 15, 1955.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10601 ADMINISTRATION OF COMMODITY SET-ASIDE

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Agricultural Act of 1954 and by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, 65 Stat. 713, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. (a) Subject to the provisions of this Executive order, the functions conferred upon the President by Title I of the Act of August 28, 1954, Public Law 690, 68 Stat. 897 (the Agricultural Act of 1954), hereinafter referred to as Title I, are hereby delegated to the Secretary of Agriculture.

(b) The authority delegated by this order is exclusive of the authority to declare any national emergency.

SEC. 2. Functions under Title I respecting the disposal outside the United

States of commodities in the commodity set-aside shall be subject to the responsibilities of the Secretary of State with respect to the foreign policy of the United States as such policy relates to the said functions.

SEC. 3. Strategic materials shall be acquired under section 103 (a) (2) of Title I only in accordance with programs certified by the Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization.

SEC. 4. Existing procedures of coordination among Federal agencies pertaining to the disposal of agricultural surpluses under other laws shall be applicable, so far as is permitted by law and otherwise appropriate, in the carrying out of Title I.

SEC. 5. The provisions of Part II of Executive Order No. 105751 of November 6, 1954 (19 F. R. 7252) are hereby extended and made applicable to the carrying on abroad of functions under Title I.

SEC. 6. This order shall not be deemed to amend or supersede any provisions of Executive Order No. 10560 of September 9, 1954 (19 F. R. 5927).

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

March 21, 1955.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10602

DESIGNATING THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PRESIDENT TO APPROVE THE OBLIGATION AND EXPENDITURE OF CERTAIN MONEYS BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 7652 (b) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (Public Law 591, 83rd Congress, 68A Stat. 907), I hereby designate the Secretary of the Interior as the representative of the President to approve the obligation and expenditure by the government of the Virgin Islands of the moneys referred to in the said section 7652 (b) (3).

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

March 23, 1955.

13 CFR, 1954 Supp., p. 82.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10603

AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10309,1 PROVIDING FOR THE RESTORATION OF POSSESSION, USE, AND CONTROL OF CERTAIN LANDS RESERVED FOR MILITARY PURPOSES TO THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII AND TRANSFER OF TITLE TO SUCH LANDS TO THE TERRITORY

WHEREAS by Executive Order No. 10309 of December 3, 1951, the President of the United States directed that possession, use, and control of certain lands reserved for military purposes be restored to the Territory of Hawaii and that title to such lands be transferred to the Territory, subject to the conditions contained in such order; and

WHEREAS the description of course 6 of Tract No. 1 described in the said Executive order is erroneous; and

WHEREAS there was excepted and excluded from the application of the said Executive Order No. 10309 a portion of the said Tract No. 1, containing 6,920 square feet or 0.16 acre, because such land had been transferred to the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of War (now Secretary of the Army) by letter of the Secretary of Labor (Immigration Service) dated December 16, 1939, pursuant to the act of Congress approved August 5, 1939, 53 Stat. 1209; and

WHEREAS the act of July 27, 1954, 68 Stat. 567 (Public Law 539, 83d Congress), provides, in part, that notwithstanding the said act of August 5, 1939, the President may exercise with respect to the said 0.16 acre of land transferred to the Secretary of War by letter of the Secretary of Labor dated December 16, 1939, all those powers which are conferred upon the President by the second sentence of section 91 of the Hawaiian Organic Act as amended (48 U. S. C. 511) with respect to other ceded property taken for the uses and purposes of the United States; and

WHEREAS it is deemed desirable and in the public interest that the said error in description be corrected, and that the provisions of Executive Order No. 10309 be made applicable to the said 0.16 acre of land:

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the said act of July 27, 1954, and by section 91 of the said Hawaiian Organic Act as amended by section 7 of the act of May 27, 1910,

116 F. R. 12304; 3 CFR, 1951 Supp., p. 520.

36 Stat. 447 (48 U. S. C. 511), it is ordered that the description of Tract No. 1 contained in the said Executive Order No. 10309 of December 3, 1951, be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: TRACT NO. 1

Beginning at a lead plug at the west corner of this piece of land, on the southeasterly side of the area formerly known as Channel Street, the coordinates of the said point of beginning referred to Government Survey Triangulation Station "Punchbowl" being 4412.22 feet south and 5678.39 feet west, thence running by azimuths measured clockwise from true south:

1. 219° 00' 00" 154.09 feet along the southeasterly side of the area formerly known as Channel Street; thence along such area on a curve to the right with a radius of 20.00 feet, the chord azimuth and distance being; 2. 264° 00' 00" 28.28 feet;

3. 309° 00' 00" 172.16 feet along the same and along land formerly a portion of U. S. Immigration Station lot (Executive Order No. 10419 of December 11, 1952);

4. 38° 48′ 30′′ 270.86 feet along the remainder of Tract No. 1 of Fort Armstrong Military Reservation;

5. 128° 48' 30'' 25.98 feet along a portion of the U. S. Public Health Station lot (item 1 (a), act of July 27, 1954, 68 Stat. 567); 6. 218° 57' 20" 96.70 feet along the same; 7. 129° 03' 00" 167.01 feet along the same to the point of beginning; and containing an area of 35,932 square feet or 0.82 acre.

The provisions of Parts I and II of Executive Order No. 10309, including those relating to certificates of acceptance of work by the Department of the Army, shall be applicable to the said 0.16 acre of Tract No. 1 in the same manner and to the same extent as they would have been if the said land had not been excluded from the application thereof. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

April 19, 1955.

THE

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10604 DELEGATING TO THE DIRECTOR OF BUREAU OF THE BUDGET THE AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT TO APPROVE REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF VENDING STANDS ON FEDERAL PROPERTY BY BLIND PERSONS

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 the Director of the Bureau of the Budget be, and he is hereby, designated and empowered to exercise the authority vested in the President by the first

section of the act entitled "An Act to authorize the operation of stands in Federal buildings by blind persons, to enlarge the economic opportunities of the blind, and for other purposes," approved June 20, 1936 (49 Stat. 1559), as amended by section 4 (a) of the Vocational Rehabilitation Amendments of 1954 (68 Stat. 663; 20 U. S. C. 107), to approve regulations prescribed by the heads of the respective departments and agencies under the said section as amended.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

April 22, 1955.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10605 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 101191 OF MARCH 27, 1950, PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PAYMENT OF BASIC ALLOWANCES FOR SUBSISTENCE TO MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 812), and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, section 1 of Executive Order No. 10119 of March 27, 1950, prescribing regulations governing the payment of basic allowances for subsistence to members of the uniformed services, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 1. Enlisted members who are being subsisted in kind in a mess and whose duties require them to be absent from their station during one or more meals shall be entitled for each such meal to a pro-rated share of the daily basic allowance for subsistence authorized for members on duty at stations where rations in kind are not available. The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Commerce are hereby authorized to establish the amount of the pro-rated share of the daily basic allowance for subsistence applicable to each one of the three daily meals, which amount shall be uniform for all the services concerned. The total of the amounts of the shares for the three daily meals shall not exceed the amount of the basic daily allowance for subsistence authorized by section 301 of the Career Com

1 15 F. R. 1767; 3 CFR, 1950 Supp., p. 93.

pensation Act of 1949, as heretofore or hereafter amended."

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

April 22, 1955.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10606 INSPECTION OF INCOME, EXCESS-PROFITS, DECLARED-VALUE EXCESS-PROFITS, CAPITAL-STOCK, ESTATE, AND GIFT TAX RETURNS BY THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 55 (a), 508, 603, 729 (a), and 1204 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 (53 Stat. 29, 111, 171; 54 Stat. 989, 1008; 55 Stat. 722; 26 U. S. C. 55 (a), 508, 603, 729 (a), and 1204), and by section 6103 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (68A Stat. 753; 26 U. S. C. 6103 (a)), it is hereby ordered that any income, excess-profits, declared-value excess-profits, capital-stock, estate, or gift tax return for the years 1945 to 1954, inclusive, shall, during the Eightyfourth Congress, be open to inspection by the Senate Committee on Government Operations, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, in connection with its studies of the operation of Government activities at all levels with a view to determining the economy and efficiency of the Government, such inspection to be in accordance and upon compliance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury in the two Treasury decisions,1 relating to the inspection of returns by committees of the Congress, approved by me this date.

This order shall be effective upon its filing for publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

May 3, 1955.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10607 INSPECTION OF INCOME, EXCESS-PROFITS, DECLARED-VALUE EXCESS-PROFITS, CAPITAL-STOCK, ESTATE, AND GIFT TAX RETURNS BY THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 55 (a), 508, 603, 729 (a),

1 See 26 CFR (1939) 458.324 and 26 CFR 301.6103 (a)-101.