Executive Order 9768—Extending the Provisions of Executive Order 9177 of May 30, 1942, to the Secretary of Commerce

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitute and laws of the United States, and particularly by Title 1 of the First War Powers Act, 1941, approved December 18, 1941 (55 Stat. 838), I hereby extend the provisions of Executive Order No. 9177 of May 30, 1942 (7 F.R. 4195), to the Secretary of Commerce; and, subject to the limitations contained in that order, I hereby authorize the Secretary of Commerce to perform and exercise all of the functions and powers vested in and granted to the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation by the order.

This order shall be applicable to articles entered by consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after August 1, 1946.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

August 9, 1946