Executive Order 7955—Amendment of Executive Order No. 6928 of December 24, 1934

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of March 26, 1934, 48 Stat. 466, as amended (5 U.S.C. 118 c), section 4 of Executive Order No. 6928 of December 24, 1934, prescribing regulations for payment of losses sustained by officers, enlisted men, and employees of the United States in foreign countries on account of appreciation of foreign currencies in their relation to the American dollar, is hereby amended by deleting Austria and the schilling at 13.36 cents from the list of countries, monetary units, and basic rates.

This order shall become effective September 1, 1938, and beginning on that date the computation of losses sustained by employees in service in the former state of Austria will be upon the basic rate for the German reichsmark.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
August 13, 1938.