CHAPTER II-EXECUTIVE ORDERS EXECUTIVE ORDER 9509 REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE UNIFORMS OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, AND GovERNING THE WEARING OF SUCH UNIFORMS 1 By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 215 (a) and 510 of the Public Health Service Act, approved July 1, .1944 (58 Stat. 690, 711), I hereby prescribe the following regulations with respect to the uniforms of commissioned officers of the Public Health Service, and governing the wearing of such uniforms: 1. Except as provided in section 2 of this order, the uniforms of male commissioned officers of the Public Health Service shall be the same as the uniforms now or hereafter prescribed for male commissioned officers of the Coast Guard of corresponding grades, except that: (a) Public Health Service insignia shall be substituted for Coast Guard insignia other than appropriate insignia of grade, and (b) A metal Public Health Service miniature corps device shall be worn in lieu of the grade mark worn by commissioned officers of the Coast Guard, on the left shirt collar tip of the slate gray or khaki uniform. 2. The uniforms of male commissioned officers of the Public Health Service detailed for duty or serving as liaison officers with the Army, or performing such other assignments in such places or under such circumstances as the Surgeon General may from time to time determine make the wearing of Army type uniforms more appropriate, shall be the same as the uniforms now or hereafter prescribed for male commissioned officers of corresponding grades of the Medical Corps of the Army, except that Public Health Service insignia shall be substituted for Army or Army Medical Corps insignia other than the block letters "U.S." and appropriate insignia of grade. 3. Except as provided in section 4 of this order, the uniforms of female commissioned officers of the Public Health Service shall be the same as the uniforms now or hereafter prescribed for commis 1 Noted in Title 42, Chapter II. sioned officers of the Women's Reserve of the Coast Guard (SPARS), of corresponding grades except that: (a) Public Health Service insignia and headgear shall be substituted for SPAR insignia and headgear other than appropriate insignia of grade, except that embroidered or woven corps devices shall not be worn on the blouse lapel of blue or white uniform. (b) The sleeve markings worn on the sleeve of the blouse of the blue and white uniforms shall be of gold-colored lace or thread and shall correspond with the sleeve markings of male commissioned officers of the Public Health Service of corresponding grades. (c) Sleeve markings shall not be worn on the striped seersucker uniforms but grade shall be indicated by a metal grade mark, corresponding in size to that worn on the shirt collar tip of the slate gray or khaki uniform of male commissioned officers of the Coast Guard, to be worn on the right blouse lapel, and a metal miniature Public Health Service corps device shall be worn on the left blouse lapel. (d) The blue or white beret or the garrison cap shall be worn with the blue uniform, the white beret shall be worn with the white uniform, and the garrison cap or the blue beret shall be worn with the striped seersucker uniform. 4. The uniforms of female commissioned officers of the Public Health Service detailed for duty or serving as liaison officers with the Army, or performing such other assignments in such places, or under such circumstances as the Surgeon General may from time to time determine make the wearing of Army type uniforms more appropriate, shall be the same as the uniforms now or hereafter prescribed for commissioned officers of the Nurse Corps of the Army of corre'sponding grades, except that Public Health Service insignia shall be substituted for Army or Army Nurse Corps insignia other than the block letters "U. S." and appropriate insignia of grade. 5. Public Health Service insignia shall be: (a) Corps device-An ornament of gold-colored metal or gold-colored thread or lace consisting of a fouled an chor and caduceus crossed as in the seal of the Service, 1 inch high and 1 inch wide. Except when incorporated as part of the cap device, the corps device shall be so placed on the uniform that the staff of the caduceus is vertical and the anchor is pointing inward. The capital letter "N" shall be superimposed upon the corps device of commissioned nurses, and shall be of white or silver-colored thread or lace or gold-colored metal to correspond with the composition of the corps device. (b) Miniature corps device-A corps device 116 inch high and 11/16 inch wide. (c) Cap device-An ornament of goldcolored metal or gold-colored lace or thread consisting of a shield with a chief with thirteen stars surmounted with a spread eagle, head dextral, with the whole placed on the corps device, with dimensions as follows: Height of shield-116 inches inch Wing spread of eagle-2% inches Length of anchor-21⁄2 inches (d) Miniature cap device-A cap device with dimensions as follows: Height of shield-1⁄2 inch Height of eagle-1⁄2 inch Wing spread of eagle-16 inches (e) Chin strap-A sliding leather strap faced with gold-colored lace or thread 11⁄2 inch wide with a center band of red running lengthwise, 16 inch wide, with brass eyelets at each end, and with two slides of the same width and design as the strap at right angles to the strap. (f) Buttons-of the same composition and arrangement as on the corresponding article of uniform clothing of a commissioned officer of the Coast Guard, Women's Reserve of the Coast Guard (SPARS), Medical Corps of the Army, or Nurse Corps of the Army, with the Corps device of the Public Health Service embossed on the button. 6. Public Health Service headgear for female commissioned officers wearing uniforms as prescribed in section 3 of this order shall be: (a) The beret-of white material or blue felt with a metal cap device to be worn at the front or left front. (b) The garrison cap-of blue and of any of the materials authorized for the blue uniform, and to be worn with a metal miniature cap device on the left side and a metal grade mark of corresponding size on the right side. 7. In time of war, and at such other times as may be designated by the Surgeon General, all commissioned officers of the Public Health Service on active duty shall appear in uniform. In time of peace the Surgeon General shall from time to time designate those stations of the Service and those areas, if any, at which commissioned officers of the Service shall wear uniforms. Commissioned officers of the Service detailed for duty with the Army, Navy, or Coast Guard shall wear the uniform of the day most nearly corresponding to that worn by the unit of the branch of the armed forces with which such officers are serving. 8. The Surgeon General, or such officers as he may designate, shall from time to time prescribe the uniform of the day to be worn at particular stations of the Service or in particular areas at the seasons of the year and on dress occasions, and the Surgeon General, or such officers as he may designate, may also prescribe the circumstances under which uniforms need not be worn. 9. Unless authorized by the Surgeon General with the approval of the Federal Security Administrator, commissioned officers of the Reserve Corps on inactive duty and retired commissioned officers of the Regular Corps shall not wear uniforms except on occasions of ceremony. 10. Commissioned nurses while on duty at hospitals, or while performing other clinical work in which white working uniforms are customarily worn by nurses, shall wear a conventional nurse's white working uniform. A metal miniature corps device shall be worn on the left collar tip of this uniform and a metal grade mark of corresponding size shall be worn on the right collar tip of this uniform, each device being worn one inch from the front edge of the collar. 11. Commissioned nurses detailed to State or local health departments while engaged in public health nursing, consisting of home visiting or clinical work, may wear the uniform dress, if any, of the State public health department to which detailed, together with the garrison cap with miniature Public Health Service cap device on the left side and grade mark of corresponding size on the right side. While wearing State health department uniforms such nurses shall wear the same collar-tip insignia as commissioned nurse officers on hospital duty. 12. Members of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps, or persons authorized by the Surgeon General to wear a uniform similar to the uniform of memIbers of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps, may wear Public Health Service insignia, or insignia similar thereto. 13. Persons not in uniform and not representing themselves to be commissioned officers of the Public Health Service or members of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps may wear ornamental jewelry resembling Public Health Service insignia, or may wear the Corps device or the miniature Corps device, in honor of a commissioned officer of the Public Health Service or a member of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps. 14. As used in these regulations, the term "Surgeon General" means the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service. 15. Article IX of "Regulations for the Government of the United States Public Health Service", approved by the President June 18, 1931, and all amendments thereto, and "Regulations Governing the Uniforms of Officers and Employees of the United States Public Health Service", approved by the President June 17, 1937, and all amendments thereto, are hereby revoked. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, January 8, 1945. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9510 [Transfer of certain personnel from the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the War Department; January 8, 1945; not published] EXECUTIVE ORDER 9511 AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF WAR TO TAKE POSSESSION OF AND OPERATE THE PROPERTIES OF THE CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING COMPANY, LOCATED IN AND AROUND CLEVELAND, OHIO By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including Section 9 of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, as President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, I hereby authorize the Secretary of War to take possession of the properties of the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, located in and around Cleveland, Ohio, together with any real or personal properties, wherever situated, used in connection therewith, and to operate such properties in such manner as he deems necessary for the successful prosecution of the War. Possession of any properties taken shall be terminated within sixty days after the Secretary of War determines that possession is no longer necessary for the effective prosecution of the War. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, January 12, 1945. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9512 PROVIDING FOR COORDINATION OF THE ALLOCATIONS OF FIELD POSITIONS SUBJECT TO THE CLASSIFICATION ACT OF 1923, AS AMENDED 1 By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and Statutes, including particularly Title I of the First War Powers Act, 1941, and Section 1753 of the Revised Statutes, and in order to coordinate governmental agencies with respect to the allocation of field positions subject to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and establish consistency in the fixing of entrance salaries and thus facilitate effective recruiting and selection of personnel, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. The Civil Service Commission shall prepare and publish standards for the allocation of field positions under the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and shall coordinate or combine such standards with allocation standards prescribed by the Commission for the departmental service under its existing statutory authority. 2. In allocating such field positions the heads of all departments and other agencies shall comply with the standards so prepared and published. 3. The Commission shall ascertain by investigation the degree to which the allocations of field positions made by each department and other agency comply with standards published pursuant 1 Tabulated in § 91.1 of Title 5, infra. to this order, and whenever the Commission finds noncompliance by any department or other agency, it may report that fact to the President through the Liaison Officer for Personnel Management. 4. The Commission shall issue such regulations as it may deem necessary to effectuate the purposes of this order. 5. Clause (2) of paragraph (b) of section 3 of Executive Order No. 9330, of April 16, 1943, is hereby revoked. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, January 16, 1945. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9513 EXTENDING THE PERIODS OF SERVICE OR TRAINING AND SERVICE OF PERSONS INDUCTED INTO OR ASSIGNED TO THE NAVY, MARINE CORPS, OR COAST GUARD By virtue of the authority conferred upon me by section 8 of the act of Congress approved December 20, 1941, 55 Stat. 846, and as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and deeming such action necessary in the interests of national defense, it is ordered as follows: The periods of service or training and service of all persons inducted under the provisions of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, who have been, or may hereafter be, inducted into or assigned to the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard shall be, and they are hereby, extended for the period of the existence of any war in which the United States is engaged and the six months immediately following the termination of any such war, as declared by proclamation of the President or by concurrent resolution of the Congress, unless such persons are sooner discharged. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, January 17, 1945. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9514 AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER 9452 AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO PRESCRIBE REGULATIONS AND ISSUE ORDERS AND INSTRUCTIONS RELATING TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by sections 202 and 1752 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 U.S.C. 156; 22 U.S.C. 132), and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered that section 1 of Executive Order 9452 of June 26, 1944 (9 F.R. 7183) be amended to read as follows: 1. The Secretary of State is authorized to prescribe such regulations and issue such orders and instructions, not inconsistent with the Constitution, any law of the United States, or any Executive order or proclamation, relating to the duties of officers and employees of the Foreign Service of the United States and the transaction of their business, as he may deem conducive to the public interest: Provided, however, that the authority granted by this order shall not be exercised in any case in which the President is specifically authorized by any law other than section 1752 of the Revised Statutes (22 U.S.C. 132), to prescribe regulations with respect to a particular subject. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, January 18, 1945. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9515 AMENDMENT OF RULE 54 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 4314 OF SEPTEMBER 25, 1925, ESTABLISHING RULES GOVERNING NAVIGATION OF THE PANAMA CANAL AND ADJACENT WATERS By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 9 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, approved June 19, 1934, Rule 54 of Executive Order No. 4314 of September 25, 1925, establishing rules governing the navigation of the Panama Canal and adjacent waters, as amended by Executive Order No. 6128 of May 10, 1933 (35 CFR 4.60), is hereby further amended to read as follows:1 "Rule 54. Maximum speeds of vessels: Vessels in Canal Zone waters shall not exceed the speeds designated below: Knots Atlantic Entrance to Gatun Locks____ 10 Gatun Lake in the 1,000-foot channels___ 15 Gatun Lake in the 800-foot channels____ 12 Gatun Lake in the 500-foot channels____ 10 Rounding Bohio or Darien bend-------- 10 1 Codified as § 4.60 of Title 35. POSSESSION AND OPERATION OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM OF THE BINGHAM AND GARFIELD RAILWAY COMPANY 1 By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including the act of August 29, 1916, 39 Stat. 645, the First War Powers Act, and the War Labor Disputes Act, I hereby authorize the Secretary of War to take possession and assume control of the transportation system of the Bingham and Garfield Railway Co., together with any real or personal property, wherever situated, used in connection therewith, and to operate such system in accordance with the provisions of ail applicable laws and in such manner as he may deem needful or desirable for the effective prosecution of the war. Possession and control of the said system, or of any part thereof, so taken shall be terminated by the Secretary of War within sixty days after he determines that such possession and control are no longer needful or desirable for the effective prosecution of the war. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, January 24, 1945. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9517 RETURNING CERTAIN LAND TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII WHEREAS a certain tract of land located within Kapiolani Park, in the District of Waikiki, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, and more particularly described below, was trans 1 See E.O. 9603, infra. ferred to the United States for a United Service Organization Club Building Reservation by Executive Order No. 972, dated January 21, 1942, of the Governor of Hawaii; and WHEREAS the contemplated clubhouse has not been built on this tract of land, which remains unused, and no plans exist for the building of such a clubhouse by the United Service Organization; and WHEREAS the Territory of Hawaii has expressed a desire to have the tract of land returned to its jurisdiction: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 91 of the act of April 30, 1900, 31 Stat. 159, as amended by section 7 of the act of May 27, 1910, 36 Stat. 447, and as President of the United States, it is ordered that the following-described land in Kapiolani Park, District of Waikiki, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, be, and it is hereby, returned to the jurisdiction of the Territory of Hawaii: BEGINNING at a 4" pipe at the northwest corner of this parcel of land and on the south side of Monsarrat Road, the true azimuth and distance from said 34" pipe to the City and County Survey Street Monument set in the makai sidewalk of Kalakaua Avenue near the junction of Monsarrat Road with Kalakaua Avenue being 121°23'30" 795.34 feet, and the coordinates of said Street Monument referred to Government Survey Triangulation Station "PUNCHBOWL" being 15120.70 feet South and 9090.67 feet East, as shown on Government Survey Registered Map 1079 and thence running from the abovedescribed initial point by azimuths measured clockwise from True South: 1. 275°30' 350.00 feet along the south side of Monsarrat Road to a 34" pipe; 2. 5°30' 500.00 feet along portion of Kapiolani Park; 3. 95°30' 350.00 feet along same to a 34" pipe; 4. 185°30' 500.00 feet along same to the point of beginning. The tract as described contains an area of 175,000 square feet. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, January 31, 1945. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9518 [Designating the Honorable A. R. de Jesus as Acting Judge of the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico; January 31, 1945; not published] |