Executive Order 10148—Designation of Certain Officers of the Department of Commerce to Act as Secretary of Commerce

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 179 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 U.S.C. 6), and as President of the United States, I hereby authorize and direct (1) the Under Secretary of Commerce for Transportation to perform the duties of the Secretary of Commerce in case of the absence, sickness, resignation, or death of the Secretary of Commerce and of the Under Secretary of Commerce; (2) the Assistant Secretaries of Commerce, in the order of precedence as determined by the dates of their commissions, to perform the duties of the Secretary of Commerce in case of the absence, sickness, resignation, or death of the Secretary of Commerce, the Under Secretary of Commerce, and the Under Secretary of Commerce for Transportation; and (3) the Solicitor of Commerce to perform the duties of the Secretary of Commerce in case of the absence, sickness, resignation, or death of the Secretary of Commerce, the Under Secretary of Commerce, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Transportation, and the Assistant Secretaries of Commerce.

This order supersedes Executive Order No. 9885 of August 18, 1947, entitled "Designation of the Assistant Secretaries of Commerce and the Solicitor of Commerce to Act as Secretary of Commerce".

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

August 5, 1950