Executive Order 7039—Authorization of Special Committee Investigating the Munitions Industry, United States Senate, to Inspect Income and Profits Tax Returns and Capital Stock Tax Returns

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 55 of the Revenue Act of 1932 (ch. 209, 47 Stat. 169, 189), as amended by section 218(h) of the National Industrial Recovery Act (ch. 90, 48 Stat. 195, 209), and section 55(a) of the Revenue Act of 1934 (ch. 277, 48 Stat. 680, 698), it is hereby ordered that income and profits tax returns made under the National Industrial Recovery Act, the Revenue Act of 1932, us amended by the National Industrial Recovery Act, and the Revenue Act of 1934, and capital stock tax returns made under the Revenue Act of 1934, shall be open to inspection by the Special Committee Investigating the Munitions Industry, United States Senate, authorized by Senate Resolution 206, Seventy-third Congress, to investigate the manufacture of and traffic in arms, munitions, and other implements of war, such inspection to be in accordance and upon compliance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury in Treasury Decision 4440 (C. B. XIII-1, 305), and approved by the President June 15, 1934.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
May 14, 1935.