Executive Order 10298—Extending the Provisions of Part I of Executive Order No. 10210 of February 2, 1951, to the Department of the Interior.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the First War Powers Act, 1941, as amended by the act of January 12, 1951, entitled "An Act to amend and extend title II of the First War Powers Act, 1941" (Public Law 921, 81st Congress), and as President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of the United States, and deeming such action will facilitate the national defense, it is hereby ordered as follows:

The provisions of Part I of Executive Order No. 10210 of February 2, 1951, entitled "Authorizing the Department of Defense and the Department of Commerce to Exercise the Functions and Powers Set Forth in Title II of the First War Powers Act, 1941, as Amended by the Act of January 12, 1951, and Prescribing Regulations for the Exercise of Such Functions and Powers", are hereby extended to the Department of the Interior; and, subject to the limitations and regulations contained in such part, and under such regulations as he may prescribe, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to perform and exercise, as to the Department of the Interior, all the functions and authority vested in and granted by the said Part I to the Secretaries named therein: Provided, that regulations so prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior need not be approved by the Secretary of Defense; And provided further, that nothing contained herein shall prejudice any other authority which the Secretary of the Interior or the Department of the Interior may have wit respect to procurement.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

October 31, 1951