"The Civil Service Commission shall report to the National Security Council, at least semiannually, on the results of such study, shall recommend means to correct any such deficiencies or tendencies, and shall inform the National Security Council immediately of any deficiency which is deemed to be of major importance."

2. The following subsection is added at the end thereof:

"(c) To assist the Civil Service Commission in discharging its responsibilities under this order, the head of each department and agency shall, as soon as possible and in no event later than ninety days after receipt of the final investigative report on a civilian officer or employee subject to a full field investigation under the provisions of this order, advise the Commission as to the action taken with respect to such officer or employee. The information furnished by the heads of departments and agencies pursuant to this section shall be included in the reports which the Civil Service Commission is required to submit to the National Security Council in accordance with subsection (a) of this section. Such reports shall set forth any deficiencies on the part of the heads of departments and agencies in taking timely action under this order, and shall mention specifically any instances of noncompliance with this subsection."

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

August 5, 1954.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10551 INSPECTION OF INCOME, EXCESS-PROFITS, DECLARED VALUE EXCESS-PROFITS, CAPITAL STOCK, ESTATE, AND GIFT TAX RETURNS BY THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 55 (a), 508, 603, 729 (a), and 1204 of the Internal Revenue Code (53 Stat. 29, 111, 171; 54 Stat. 989, 1008; 55 Stat. 722; 26 U. S. C. 55 (a), 508, 603, 729 (a), and 1204), it is hereby ordered that any income, excess-profits, declared value excess-profits, capital stock, estate, or gift tax return for the years 1947 to 1953, inclusive, shall, during the Eightythird Congress, be open to inspection by the Committee on Education and Labor

of the House of Representatives, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, in connection with its studies of welfare and pension funds with a view to initiating legislation to protect and conserve these funds for the beneficiaries, subject to the conditions stated in Treasury Decision 6064, relating to inspection of returns by certain committees of the Congress, approved by me February 11, 1954.

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

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

August 6, 1954.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10552 DELEGATING TO THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION THE AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS UNDER WHICH CERTAIN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES MAY BE PREvented or RELIEVED FROM WORKING BY ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, 65 Stat. 713, it is declared that the United States Civil Service Commission be, and it is hereby, designated and empowered to exercise, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the authority vested in the President by the joint resolution of June 29, 1938, 52 Stat. 1246, as amended by the act of June 11, 1954, 68 Stat. 249 (5 U. S. C. 86a), to promulgate regulations under which certain employees of the Government may be prevented or relieved from working by administrative order.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Order No. 10539 of June 22, 1954 (19 F. R. 3829), be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows:

"Section 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 that (1) those functions vested in the President with respect to directing increases or reductions of acreage under cultivation to abaca, as provided for in section 3 (a) of the said act, shall be performed and exercised through the Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization, and (2) those functions vested in the President by subsections (c) and (d) of section 4 of the said act (50 U. S. C. 543 (c) and (d)), shall continue to be performed and exercised by the President."

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

August 18, 1954.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10554 DELEGATING THE AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT TO PRESCRIBE REGULATIONS AUTHORIZING OCCASIONS UPON WHICH THE UNIFORM MAY BE WORN BY PERSONS WHO HAVE SERVED HONORABLY IN THE ARMED FORCES IN TIME OF WAR

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, it is ordered as follows:

The authority vested in the President (1) by section 125 of the act of June 3, 1916, 39 Stat. 216, as amended by the first section of the act of July 6, 1953, 67 Stat. 140, and (2) by section 2 of the act of June 21, 1930, 46 Stat. 793, as amended by section 2 of said act of July 6, 1953, to prescribe regulations authorizing occasions upon which the uniform may be worn by persons who have served honorably in the armed forces of the United States in time of war is hereby delegated to the Secretary of Defense so far as it pertains to the uniforms of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, and to the Secretary of the Treasury so far as it pertains to the uniform of the Coast Guard.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

August 18, 1954.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10555 ESTABLISHING A SEAL FOR THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OF THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

WHEREAS the Chairman of the President's Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped has caused to be made and has recommended that I approve a seal for The President's Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped, the design of which accompanies and is hereby made a part of this order, and which is described as follows:

On a light blue disk an American bald eagle with wings displayed and inverted, standing upon a spur gear issuing from base all proper. On an encircling dark blue band edged with gold the inscription "THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OF THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED." in gold letters.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10556 AUTHORIZING REGULATIONS FOR THE PERMANENT PROMOTION AND REASSIGNMENT OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403) and by section 1753 of the Revised Statutes (5 U. S. C. 631), and in effectuation of the purposes of section 1310 of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1952 (65 Stat. 757), as amended, it is ordered as follows:

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 (b) of Executive Order No. 101801 of November 13, 1950, and to the extent consistent with law, the Civil Service Commission, with respect to positions in the competitive service, and the heads of executive departments and agencies, with respect to positions excepted from the competitive service, are hereby authorized to issue regulations or instructions governing the permanency of promotions and reassignments of permanent employees.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

September 1, 1954.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10557 APPROVING THE REVISED PROVISION IN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS RELATING TO NONDISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT WHEREAS the contracting agencies of the United States Government are required by existing Executive orders to include in all contracts executed by them a provision obligating the contractor not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, or national origin, and obligating the contractor to include a similar clause in all subcontracts, and

WHEREAS the Committee on Government Contracts is authorized by Executive Order 10479, as amended,' to make recommendations to the contracting agencies for improving and making more effective the nondiscrimination provision of Government contracts, and

WHEREAS the Committee on Government Contracts, in consultation with the principal contracting agencies of the Government, has recommended that in the future the contracting agencies of

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the Government include in place of, and as a means of better explaining, the present nondiscrimination provision of Government contracts, the following provision:

In connection with the performance of work under this contract, the contractor agrees not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, or national origin. The aforesaid provision shall include, but not be limited to, the following: employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship. The contractor agrees to post hereafter in conspicuous places, available for employees and applicants for employment, notices to be provided by the contracting officer setting forth the provisions of the non-discrimination clause.

The contractor further agrees to insert the foregoing provision in all subcontracts hereunder, except subcontracts for standard commercial supplies or raw materials.

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, and as President of the United States, and in order to clarify the provisions of the existing orders, it is ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. The contract provision relating to nondiscrimination in employment, recommended by the Committee on Government Contracts, is hereby approved.

SEC. 2. The contracting agencies of the Government shall hereafter include the approved nondiscrimination provision in all contracts executed by them on and after a date 90 days subsequent to the date of this order, except:

a. Contracts and subcontracts to be performed outside the United States where no recruitment of workers within the limits of the United States is involved; and

b. Contracts and subcontracts to meet other special requirements or emergencies, if recommended by the Committee on Government Contracts.

SEC. 3. The General Services Administration shall take appropriate action to revise the standard Government contract forms to accord with the provisions of this order.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

September 3, 1954.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10558 AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10154,' DESIGNATING CERTAIN OFFICERS OF THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT TO ACT AS POSTMASTER GENERAL

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 179 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 U. S. C. 6), and as President of the United States, it is ordered that Executive Order No. 10154 of August 22, 1950, entitled "Designation of Certain Officers of the Post Office Department To Act as Postmaster General", be, and it is hereby, amended by adding to the list of officers contained therein at the end thereof the following: "5. Assistant Postmaster General in charge of the Bureau of Personnel."

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

September 8, 1954.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10559 PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PRESIDENT'S MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION

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, it is ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. The Director of the Bureau of the Budget is hereby authorized and empowered to exercise the authority vested in the President by the paragraph appearing under the heading "Expenses of Management Improvement” in Title I of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1955, 68 Stat. 274, or by any reenactment of the provisions of such paragraph in the same or in a different amount of funds, to allocate to any agency or office of the executive branch (including the Bureau of the Budget) funds appropriated by the said paragraph or by any reenactment thereof as herein stated.

SEC. 2. The Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall from time to time report to the President concerning activities carried on by executive agencies and offices with funds allocated hereunder and shall, consonant with law, exercise such direction and control with respect

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to the said activities as he shall deem appropriate.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

September 8, 1954.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10560

ADMINISTRATION

OF THE AGRICULTURAL TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1954

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

SECTION 1. Department of Agriculture. Except as otherwise provided in this order, the functions conferred upon the President by Title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 are hereby delegated to the Secretary of Agriculture.

SEC. 2. Foreign Operations Administration. The functions conferred upon the President by Title II of the Act are hereby delegated to the Director of the Foreign Operations Administration.

SEC. 3. Department of State. (a) The functions of negotiating and entering into agreements with friendly nations or organizations of friendly nations conferred upon the President by the Act are hereby delegated to the Secretary of State.

(b) All functions under the Act, however vested, delegated, or assigned, 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.

(c) The provisions of Part III of Executive Order No. 10476' of August 1, 1953 (18 F. R. 4537, ff.), are hereby extended and made applicable to functions provided for in the Act and to United States agencies and personnel concerned with the administration abroad of the said functions.

SEC. 4. Foreign currencies. (a) There are hereby delegated to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget (1) so much of the functions conferred upon the President by the Act as consists of fixing from time to time the amounts of foreign currencies which accrue under Title I of the Act to be used for each of the

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several purposes described in paragraphs (a) to (h), inclusive, of section 104 of the Act, and (2) the function conferred upon the President by the last proviso in section 104 of the Act of waiving the applicability of section 1415 of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1953.

(b) The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to prescribe regulations governing the purchase, custody, deposit, transfer, and sale of foreign currencies received under the Act.

(c) The foregoing provisions of this section shall not limit section 3 of this order and the foregoing subsection (b) shall not limit subsection (a) above.

(d) Purposes described in the lettered paragraphs of section 104 of the Act shall be carried out, with foreign currencies made available pursuant to section 4 (a) of this order, as follows:

(1) Those under section 104 (a) of the Act by the Department of Agriculture.

(2) Those under section 104 (b) of the Act by the Office of Defense Mobilization. The function, conferred upon the President by that section, of determining from time to time materials to be purchased or contracted for for a supplemental stockpile is hereby delegated to the Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization.

(3) Those under section 104 (c) of the Act by the Department of Defense.

(4) Those under sections 104 (d), (e), and (g) of the Act by the Foreign Operations Administration. The function, conferred upon the President by section 104 (g) of the Act, of determining the manner in which the loans provided for in the said section 104 (g) shall be made, is hereby delegated to the Director of the Foreign Operations Administration.

(5) Those under section 104 (f) of the Act by the respective agencies of the Government having authority to pay United States obligations abroad.

(6) Those under section 104 (h) of the Act by the Department of State.

SEC. 5. Reports to Congress. The functions under section 108 of the Act, with respect to making reports to Congress, are reserved to the President.

SEC. 6. Definition. As used in this order the term "the Act" means the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (Public Law 480, approved July 10, 1954, 68 Stat. 454) and

includes, except as may be inappropriate, the provisions thereof amending other laws.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

September 9, 1954.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10561 DESIGNATING OFFICIAL PERSONNEL FOLDERS IN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AS RECORDS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE, AND TRANSFER THEREOF

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 ordered as follows:

1. As used herein, the term "agency" shall mean any executive department or independent establishment of the Federal Government, including a corporation wholly owned or controlled by the United States, and, with respect to positions subject to the Civil Service Rules and Regulations, it shall also mean the legislative and judicial branches of the Federal Government and the government of the District of Columbia.

2. Each agency shall establish and maintain a separate Official Personnel Folder for each of its employees who is employed under the Civil Service Rules and Regulations. Each such folder shall be under the jurisdiction and control, and shall be a part of the records, of the United States Civil Service Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Commission). Each such folder shall include the records required to be kept by the Civil Service Commission under subparagraph eighth of paragraph second of section 2 of the Civil Service Act, namely: the notice given in writing by the appointing agency to the Commission of the persons selected for appointment or employment from among those who have been examined, of the place of residence of such persons, of the rejection of any such persons after probation, of transfers, resignations, and removals, and of the dates thereof. Each such folder shall also include such additional records as are or may be prescribed by the Commission.