Executive Order 9180—Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior To Enter Into Contracts for the Disposal of Yucca Growing on the Public Domain

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and in order to expedite the prosecution of the war effort, it is ordered as follows:

The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to enter into contracts, through the Commissioner of the General Land Office, for the disposal of yucca growing on the public domain, under such terms and conditions as he may deem proper whenever he finds that the materials or products to be made from such yucca are substitutes, in whole or in part, for any material which has been or hereafter may be designated as strategic or critical, or both, or is otherwise essential to the prosecution of the war.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
June 5, 1942.