Federal Works Administrator, each such representative to be designated by the head of the agency he is to represent, and (c) a Chairman of the Committee who may be one of the agency representatives provided for in this paragraph and who shall be designated by the President or, upon delegation by the President, by the Federal Works Administrator.

2. The Committee shall promote highway safety and the reduction of highway traffic accidents and, to this end, shall encourage Federal agencies concerned with highway safety activities to cooperate with agencies of State and local governments similarly concerned, with nationwide highway safety organizations of State and local officials, and with national non-official highway safety organizations, as the Committee may determine. The Committee shall also, to the extent permitted by law, coordinate the highway safety activities of Federal agencies.

3. The head of each Federal agency concerned is requested to take such measures within his sphere of responsibility as will result in improved highway safety conditions; to cooperate with the Committee with a view toward the attainment of improved highway safety conditions; and, consonant with law, to provide the Committee with necessary staff assistance.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9778

REGULATIONS GOVERNING TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES OF NEW ApPOINTEES TO POSITIONS IN THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES AND SUCH EXPENSES OF EMPLOYEES RETURNING TO THE UNITED STATES

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 7 of the act of August 2, 1946, Public Law 60079th Congress, I hereby prescribe the following regulations governing the expenses of travel of new appointees, expenses of transportation of their immediate families and expenses of transportation of their household goods and personal effects from places of actual residence at time of appointment to places of employment outside continental United States and for such expenses on return of employees from their posts of duty outside continental United States to places of their actual residence at time of assignment to duty outside the United States:

SECTION 1. Expenses authorized by section 7 of the said act of August 2, 1946, shall not be allowed new appointees unless and until the person selected for appointment shall agree in writing to remain in the Government service for the twelve months following his appointment, unless separated for reasons beyond his control. In case of a violation of such agreement, any moneys expended by the United States on account of such travel or transportation shall be considered as a debt due by the individual concerned to the United States.

SECTION 2. The travel expenses of new appointees from their places of actual residence at time of appointment to places of employment outside continental United States and of employees returning from their posts of duty outside continental United States to the places of their actual residence at the time of their assignment to duty outside the United States shall, until November 1, 1946, be in accordance with the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926, as amended (5 U. S. C. 821-823), the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and the act of February 14, 1931, as amended (5 U. S. C. 73 (a)).

SECTION 3. The expenses of transportation of the immediate families and expenses of transportation of the household goods and personal effects of new ap

CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE UTAH IDAHO CENTRAL RAILROAD CORPORATION AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES

WHEREAS a dispute exists between The Utah Idaho Central Railroad Corporation, a carrier, and certain of its employees represented by the International Association of Machinists, a labor organization; and

WHEREAS this dispute has not heretofore been adjusted under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended; and

WHEREAS this dispute, in the judgment of the National Mediation Board, threatens substantially to interrupt interstate commerce within the states of Utah and Idaho, to a degree such as to deprive that portion of the country of essential transportation service:

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U. S. C. 160), I hereby create a board of three members, to be appointed by me, to investigate said dispute. No member of the said board shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railway employees or any carrier.

The Board shall report its findings to the President with respect to the said dispute within thirty days from the date of this order.

As provided by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, from this date and for thirty days after the board has made its report to the President, no change, except by agreement, shall be

REVOCATION OF EXECUTIVE Order No. 7744, AUTHORIZING THE SOLICITOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TO ACT AS SECRETARY OF LABOR

WHEREAS Executive Order No. 7744 of November 19, 1937, authorizes the Solicitor of the Department of Labor to perform the duties of the Secretary of Labor under certain circumstances during the absence of the Secretary of Labor; and

WHEREAS Public Law 346, Seventyninth Congress, approved April 17, 1946, establishes in the Department of Labor the office of Under Secretary of Labor and three offices of Assistant Secretary of Labor, and provides in part that in the absence of the Secretary of Labor the Under Secretary of Labor shall perform the duties of the Secretary of Labor:

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 179 of the Revised Statutes, and as President of the United States, and in the interest of the internal management of the Government, I hereby revoke the said Executive Order No. 7744 of November 19, 1937.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

HARRY S. TRUMAN

September 23, 1946.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9784

PROVIDING FOR THE MORE EFFICIENT USE AND FOR THE TRANSFER AND OTHER DISPOSITION OF GOVERNMENT RECORDS

By virtue of the authority conferred on me by the Constitution and statutes, in order to provide that Government records may be utilized to maximum advantage and disposed of expeditiously when no longer needed and in the interest of more efficient internal management of the Government, it is hereby ordered as follows:

1. The head of each agency shall establish and maintain an active continu

ing program for the effective management and disposition of its records. Agencies shall retain in their custody only those records that are needed in the conduct of their current business, and except as herein otherwise provided, shall promptly cause all other records to be offered for transfer to the National Archives or proposed for other disposition in accordance with law.

2. No records shall be transferred by one agency to the custody of another agency without the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget except for their retirement to the National Archives, as a temporary loan for official use, or as may be otherwise required by statute or Executive order. Any records in the custody of any agency which, in the judgment of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, are not needed in the conduct of its current business and are needed in the current business of another agency shall be transferred to the latter agency if, in the opinion of the Director, the public interest will be best served by such transfer, provided that any portion of such records deemed to have enduring value may be accessioned by the National Archives and placed on loan to the agency to which the records are physically transferred. In making determinations concerning the transfer of records the Director shall give due regard to the importance of having Government records which are not confidential made generally available to Government agencies and to the public.

3. The Civil Service Commission, with the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, is authorized to promulgate regulations, not inconsistent with law and regulations of the National Archives Council, requiring and governing the establishment, content, transfer among agencies, and other disposition of personnel records, provided that no agency shall be required to release or transfer confidential material affecting any of its employees.

4. Except as provided in the preceding paragraph 3, the Director of the Bureau of the Budget with the advice and assistance of the National Archives shall conduct such inspections, require such reports, and issue such directives and regulations as he may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this order.

5. No transfer of records (except in connection with a termination or transfer of functions) shall be made hereunder

when the head of the agency having custody of the records shall certify that such records contain confidential information, a disclosure of which would endanger the national interest or the lives of individuals. Whenever any records are transferred which contain information procured under conditions restricting its use, the use of such records shall continue to be limited by such conditions. The provisions of this order shall not be deemed to require the transfer or other disposition of records or authorize access to records in contravention of law or of regulations of the National Archives Council.

6. Definitions:

(a) The term "agency" as used herein shall be deemed to mean any executive department or independent establishment, including any government, corporation that is operated as an instrumentality of the Federal Government.

(b) The term "records" as used herein shall apply to all books, papers, maps, photographs, or other documentary materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received by any agency of the United States Government in pursuance of Federal law or in connection with the transaction of public or organizational business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by that agency as evidence of or because of its informational value in relation to its organization, functions, policies, personnel, operations, decisions, procedures, financial transactions, and all other activities of an administrative, management, or program nature.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

HARRY S. TRUMAN

September 25, 1946.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9785

AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 9744B OF JUNE 29, 1946, PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE FURNISHING OF CLOTHING IN KIND OR PAYMENT OF CASH ALLOWANCES IN LIEU THEREOF TO ENLISTED PERSONNEL OF THE NAVY, THE COAST GUARD, THE NAVAL RESERVE, AND THE COAST GUARD RESERVE

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 10 of the Pay Readjustment Act of June 16, 1942 (56 Stat. 359, 363), and in the interest of personnel, it is ordered that Executive

Order No. 9744B of June 29, 1946,1 prescribing regulations governing the furnishing of clothing in kind or payment of cash allowances in lieu thereof to enlisted personnel of the Navy, the Coast Guard, the Naval Reserve, and the Coast Guard Reserve, be, and it is hereby, amended by adding thereto a new section, D, reading as follows:

"SECTION D. Cash Allowance for Enlisted Personnel of the Women's Reserve of the Naval Reserve and of the Coast Guard Reserve.

"1. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 3 of section C hereof, enlisted members of the Women's Reserve of the Naval Reserve and of the Women's Reserve of the Coast Guard Reserve, on reporting for active duty upon reenlistment subsequent to expiration of three months from date of last discharge, shall be entitled to payment of a cash allowance in lieu of clothing in the amount of $200.00. Such enlisted members of the Women's Reserve of the Naval Reserve and of the Women's Reserve of the Coast Guard Reserve shall also be entitled to a special quarterly maintenance allowance for clothing in the amount of $12.50, payable on the first day of each quarter following the first anniversary of the date on which they report for active duty following reenlistment."

This amendment shall become effective as of July 1, 1946.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

HARRY S. TRUMAN

October 1, 1946.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9786

REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CONSIDERATION, ADJUSTMENT, AND SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS UNDER PUBLIC LAW 657, APPROVED AUGUST 7, 1946

By virtue of and pursuant to section 1 of Public Law 657, 79th Congress, 2d Session, approved August 7, 1946, and in the interest of the expeditious disposition of claims under contracts to which this order is applicable, the following Regulations are hereby prescribed to govern the filing, consideration, adjustment, and settlement of claims by contractors against departments and agencies of the Government under the said Public Law.

Supra.

PART I-DEFINITIONS

101. As used in these Regulations— 101.1 The term "Act" means Public Law 657, 79th Congress, 2d Session, approved August 7, 1946.

101.2 The term "agency" means any department or agency of the Government.

101.3 The term "war agency" means any department or agency of the Government which, prior to August 14, 1945, was authorized to enter into contracts and amendments or modifications of contracts under section 201 of the First War Powers Act, 1941 (50 U. S. C., Supp. IV, App., sec. 611). The term "war agency" also includes any successor agency standing in the place of an agency so authorized.

101.4 The term "statutory period" means the period September 16, 1940, to August 14, 1945, inclusive.

101.5 The term "contract" means any agreement of any kind (whether in the form of a letter of intent, purchase order, or otherwise) entered into by an agency pursuant to which work, supplies, or services were furnished by the contractor to the Government at any time during the statutory period.

101.6 The term "subcontract" means any agreement of any kind (whether in the form of a letter of intent, purchase order, or otherwise) pursuant to which work, supplies, or services required for the performance of a prime contract were furnished by a subcontractor (including a materialman) to a prime contractor or higher tier subcontractor of any agency at any time during the statutory period.

101.7 The term "cost of performance" means the reasonable and necessary cost to a contractor or subcontractor of work, supplies, or services furnished during the statutory period pursuant to a contract or subcontract, determined in accordance with the accounting practices of the contractor or subcontractor consistently applied during performance of the contract or subcontract, provided such practices accord with recognized commercial accounting practices. Such cost shall include, to the extent reasonable and necessary, direct costs and a properly allocable proportion of indirect costs, but shall not include the following items:

a. Interest on invested capital.