EXECUTIVE ORDER 10050

CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY, INC., AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES

WHEREAS a dispute exists between the Railway Express Agency, Inc., a carrier, and certain of its employees represented by the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes, a labor organization; and

WHEREAS this dispute has not heretofore been adjusted under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended; and

WHEREAS this dispute, in the judgment of the National Mediation Board, threatens substantially to interrupt interstate commerce to a degree such as to deprive a large section of the country of essential transportation service:

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U. S. C. 160), I hereby create a board of three members, to be appointed by me, to investigate said dispute. No member of the said board shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of employees or any carrier.

The board shall report its findings to the President with respect to the said dispute within thirty days from the date of this order.

As provided by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, from this date and for thirty days after the board has made its report to the President, no change, except by agreement, shall be made by the Railway Express Agency, Inc., or its employees in the conditions out of which the said dispute arose.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

HARRY S. TRUMAN

April 9, 1949.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10051

CREATING AN EMERGENCY BOARD TO INVESTIGATE A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE ALIQUIPPA AND SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY AND CERTAIN OF ITS EMPLOYEES

WHEREAS a dispute exists between the Aliquippa and Southern Railroad Company, a carrier, and certain of its

employees represented by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, a labor organization; and

WHEREAS this dispute has not heretofore been adjusted under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended; and

WHEREAS this dispute, in the judgment of the National Mediation Board, threatens substantially to interrupt interstate commerce within the State of Pennsylvania to a degree such as to deprive that portion of the country of essential transportation service:

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U. S. C. 160), I hereby create a board of three members, to be appointed by me, to investigate the said dispute. No member of the said board shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railway employees or any carrier.

The board shall report its findings to the President with respect to the said dispute within thirty days from the date of this order.

As provided by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, from this date and for thirty days after the board has made its report to the President, no change, except by agreement, shall be made by the Aliquippa and Southern Railroad Company or its employees in the conditions out of which the said dispute arose.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

HARRY S. TRUMAN

April 15, 1949.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10052

ENLARGING NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVE NO. 1; REVOKING IN PART PUBLIC LAND ORDER NO. 460 OF APRIL 1, 1948

CALIFORNIA

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and in effectuation of the purposes of the act of June 17, 1944, 58 Stat. 280 (34 U. S. C. 524), relating to the conservation, care, custody, protection, and operation of the naval petroleum and oil shale reserves, it is ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. The exterior boundaries of Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1 are hereby extended to include the following-described public lands and private lands in Kern County, California:

MOUNT DIABLO MERIDIAN

T. 30 S., R. 22 E.,

Secs. 12 and 14;

Sec. 13, S2 SW;

Sec. 23, N1⁄2 NE, SENE;

Sec. 26, NE.

T. 30 S., R. 23 E.,

Sec. 8.

The areas described, including both public and non-public lands, aggregate 2,280 acres.

SEC. 2. Subject to valid existing rights, the public lands within the above-described areas are hereby withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws, including the mining and mineral-leasing laws, and reserved as a part of the said Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1.

SEC. 3. Public Land Order No. 460 of April 1, 1948 1, which was revoked in part by Public Land Order No. 543 of December 30, 1948 1, is hereby revoked so far as it affects any of the above-described lands.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

April 20, 1949.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10053 REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS OF MEMBERS OF THE AIR FORCE, ARMY, NAVY, MARINE CORPS, COAST GUARD, COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY, AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 12 of the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, 56 Stat. 364, as amended by section 205 of the act approved August 2, 1946, 60 Stat. 860, and as President of the United States, I hereby approve the attached regulations prescribed by the heads of the departments and agencies concerned, governing the transportation of household goods of members of the Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service.

The provisions of these regulations shall be applicable, with respect to such household goods, to (1) packing, crating, and unpacking performed, (2) shipments and drayage commencing, and (3) storage accruing, on or after February 1, 1949.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 20, 1949.

143 CFR, Ch. I, App. C.

1. Definitions.-Unless otherwise indicated, in these regulations the following terms are used as defined in this paragraph.

a. Household goods: Household goods, clothing, baggage, and all other personal effects of a similar character (including professional books, papers and equipment-see par. 3), except the following: (1) Personal baggage when carried free on tickets.

(2) Automobiles (act June 30, 1932; 47 Stat. 405).

(3) Other motor vehicles.

(4) Trailers, with or without other property.

(5) Boats.

(6) Wines and/or liquors.

(7) Animals not necessary in the performance of official duties.

(8) Birds.

(9) Groceries and provisions other than those for consumption by the owner and his immediate family.

(10) Articles acquired after the effective date of change of station orders, except that household goods include otherwise proper articles purchased in the United States, when shipped overseas after approval by the Service of which the owner is a member (27 Comp. Gen. 171).

(11) Articles intended directly or indirectly for persons other than the owner and his immediate family, or articles for sale.

b. Professional books, papers, and equipment.-Professional books, and papers, including standard works of fiction; professional instruments (not office equipment); and professional equipment of chaplains, including but not restricted to communion sets, stereopticons and slides, folding organs, motion picture projectors and film, and printing outfits. All items must be required by the individual for reference or other purposes in the performance of official duties.

c. Duty station.—A place to which an individual is actually assigned for duty, including a place from which he commutes daily to his assigned station or, for personnel on sea duty, the home yard or home port of the vessel or mobile unit to which the individual is assigned. The place where a vessel is building or fitting out will be considered as the home yard or the home port of the vessel until the date of commissioning, at which time the home yard or home port assigned to such vessel will be the new duty station.

d. Home. The place presently recorded as the home of the individual when ordered to the relevant tour of active duty (see Comp. Gen. B-41281, 12 July 1944); except that, in connection with retirement of members of the Regular Services subject to these regulations the term, "home" means the place which the individual, within the time limit, selects as his home for the purpose of receiving mileage allowance or transportation, as the case may be, for his personal travel (see MS Comp. Gen. A-92607, 29 March 1938 and 26 Comp. Gen. 18).

e. United States.-The area included within the boundaries of the forty-eight states and the District of Columbia.

f. Permanent change of station.-Assignment, detail, or transfer of an individual or unit to a different duty station (even though within the same city, town or metropolitan area), under competent orders which neither specify the duty as temporary, nor provide for further assignment to a new station, or direct re

turn to the old duty station (see 24 Comp. Gen. 667). It includes a change in the home yard or home port of a vessel or mobile unit. For certain individuals (see paragraph 10), it also includes the change from home to the first permanent duty station when ordered to active duty other than training duty, and from the last permanent duty station to home upon relief from such active duty, including retirement (see d above), or transfer to a Reserve Component.

g. Place of Storage.-The term "storage" refers to the place where household goods are stored, whether in a storage warehouse or residence or at any point other than the duty station.

h. Services.-Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service.

i. Reserve Components.-The National Guard of the United States, Organized Reserve Corps, Regular Army Reserve, Air Force Reserve, Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, Coast Guard Reserve, Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service, and persons inducted in the service of the United States under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 (Public Law 783-76th Congress) as amended.

J. Shipment of household goods.Transportation, including packing, crating, drayage (at point of shipment and at destination), temporary storage, and unpacking, at Government expense, unless otherwise stated.

2. Authorized weight allowances.— Household goods of Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service personnel, not in excess of the weight limits in pounds herein prescribed, may be shipped at Government expense in accordance with the provisions of these regulations. The weight allowances set forth are exclusive of baggage that is transported free of charge on a commercial ticket. The allowances set forth are intended to represent the actual net weights of household goods authorized to be shipped at Government expense. When any portion of the movement is made by water the allowance is increased 40 percent to cover the weight of materials used in packing for water shipment. When shipment is made by rail, or motor freight (general freight haulers, as distinguished from specialized household goods motor carriers), or combination thereof, the allowance is increased 25 percent to cover the weight of

materials used in packing and crating for freight shipment. When shipment is forwarded by commercial van, such allowance is increased 5 percent to cover the weight of materials used in packing and crating for van shipment. If the actual weight of a van shipment is unobtainable, weight of shipment will be determined by cubic measurement on the basis of 7 pounds per cubic foot. Whenever shipment is by mixed method, a portion by freight and a portion by van, the total net unpacked weights will be compared with the net weight allowance to determine the amount of excess weight, if any. On any occasion when it is necessary to ascertain the net, unpacked weight of household goods alwill be subtracted

ready packed, % (10%)

from gross weight of such household goods when shipped by means involving

water movement, or % (15%)

from gross weight of such household goods shipped

by rail or motor freight, or 21 (15%)

from gross weight of such household goods shipped by van. Where shipments involve weights in excess of the prescribed allowance and/or contain unauthorized articles the transportation charges on such excess weights and/or unauthorized articles will be borne by the owner. When the prescribed weight allowance has been exhausted by previous shipments any subsequent shipments on the same orders will be arranged at the expense of the owner and will be made under commercial bills of lading.

3. Professional books, papers, and equipment.-When certified by the individual as necessary in the performance of his official duties, shipment of professional books, papers, and equipment under these regulations shall be in the same manner and under the same conditions as other household goods except that the weight thereof shall be without charge against the prescribed weight allowance. As used in these regulations, authorizations and limitations pertaining to household goods within prescribed weight allowances shall be considered as applying to professional books, papers and equipment under the same conditions but without limitation as to the weight of such books, papers, and equipment unless otherwise specified. Such books, papers, and equipment will be packed separately and the containers will be marked, "Professional books, pa

pers, and equipment." The weight of such containers will be shown separately on the bills of lading or other shipping documents.

4. Shipment of household goods, for personnel not having a prescribed weight allowance.-Persons for whom no weight allowance has been prescribed in paragraph 2, will make every reasonable effort to check personal baggage in baggage service on their personal transportation tickets. If, despite such efforts, it is impracticable for personal baggage to accompany the individual, checked in baggage service, such baggage not to exceed two hundred (200) pounds, may be shipped at Government expense by means ordinarily used for such shipments. If necessary in a particular case, shipment may be made at Government expense by railway express rather than by ordinary means if specifically authorized or approved in writing by the commanding officer of the installation from which the individual departs, or by a member of his immediate staff authorized to issue travel orders. Reference to such authorization, including its date, will be indicated under "Authority for Shipment" on bills of lading issued for shipments under these provisions.

5. Packing, crating, unpacking, and uncrating-a. At Government expense.— Upon temporary or permanent change of station, the prescribed change of station weight allowance of household goods will be packed, crated, unpacked, and uncrated at Government expense. Where any existing facilities of the Services subject to these regulations are available and adequate for such packing, crating, unpacking, and uncrating, those facilities may be used reciprocally by any such Services. The requiring Service will submit written application to the commanding officer of the installation at which the facilities are located.

b. Bills to be rendered.-(1) When such functions are performed by a Service other than the requiring Service, the Service performing the work will bill the requiring Service for the actual cost of materials and all labor and service incident thereto. In computing such cost, overhead charge will not be included. Such bill should be rendered within ten days after completion of the work and will be paid promptly by the requiring Service. The requiring Service will be responsible for the computation and collection of excess costs, if any, from the

owner.