to make all necessary orders in connection therewith, and to prescribe rules, regulations, and procedure for such administration; [Paragraph 4 (a) as added by, and paragraph 7 as restated by the Transportation Act of 1940, 54 Stat. 898, approved September 18, 1940, are not included.] PROVISIONS IN THE FEDERAL EXPLOSIVES ACT [Act of November 24, 1942, 56 Stat. 1022] SEC. 123 [50 U.S. C. 123] Secs. 122-142 of this Act shall not apply to explosives or ingredients which are in transit upon vessels, railroad cars, or conveyances in conformity with statutory law or with rules or regulations of the Interstate Commerce Commission, or regulations of the Secretary of Commerce, or to explosives or ingredients which are in transit upon aircraft in conformity with statutory law or with the rules and regulations of the Civil Aeronautics Board. PROVISIONS OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE [Act of February 10, 1939, 53 Stat. 76; as amended by Act of May 4, 1948, 62 Stat. 210] SEC. 212 (b) [26 U. S. C. 212] EXCLUSIONS.-The following items shall not be included in gross income of a nonresident alien individual and shall be exempt from taxation under this chapter: (2) AIRCRAFT OF FOREIGN REGISTRY.-Earnings derived from the operation of aircraft registered under the laws of a foreign country which grants an equivalent exemption to citizens of the United States and to corporations organized in the United States. [Effective with respect to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1945.] [Act of Feb. 10, 1939, 53 Stat. 78, as amended by Act of June 29, 1939, 53 Stat. 866; Act of June 25, 1940, 54 Stat. 517; Act of Oct. 21, 1942, 56 Stat. 808, 861; Act of May 4, 1948, 62 Stat. 210] Sec. 231 (d) [26 U. S. C. 231] EXCLUSIONS.-The following items shall not be included in gross income of a foreign corporation and shall be exempt from taxation under this chapter: (2) AIRCRAFT OF FOREIGN REGISTRY.-Earnings derived from the operation of aircraft registered under the laws of a foreign country which grants an equivalent exemption to citizens of the United States and to corporations organized in the United States. (As amended by Act of May 4, 1948, 62 Stat. 210.) [Effective with respect to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1945.] [Act of Feb. 10, 1939, 53 Stat. 419] Sec. 3451 [26 U. S. C. 3451] EXEMPTION FROM TAX1 OF CERTAIN SUPPLIES FOR VESSELS.-Under regulations prescribed by the Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary, no tax under this chapter 1 Manufacturers' excise taxes. shall be imposed upon any article sold for use as fuel supplies, ships' stores, sea stores, or legitimate equipment on vessels of war of the United States or of any foreign nation, vessels employed in the fisheries or in the whaling business, or actually engaged in foreign trade or trade between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States or between the United States and any of its possessions. Articles manufactured or produced with the use of articles upon the importation of which tax has been paid under this chapter, if laden for use as supplies on such vessels, shall be held to be exported for the purposes of section 3430. The term "vessels” as used in this section includes civil aircraft employed in foreign trade or trade between the United States and any of its possessions, and the term "vessels of war of the United States or of any foreign nation" includes aircraft owned by the United States or by any foreign nation and constituting a part of the armed forces thereof. The privileges granted under this section in respect of civil aircraft employed in foreign trade or trade between the United States and any of its possessions, in respect of aircraft registered in a foreign country, shall be allowed only if the Secretary of the Treasury has been advised by the Secretary of Commerce that he has found that such foreign country allows, or will allow, substantially reciprocal privileges in respect of aircraft registered in the United States. If the Secretary of the Treasury is advised by the Secretary of Commerce that he has found that a foreign country has discontinued or will discontinue the allowance of such privileges, the privileges granted under this section shall not apply thereafter in respect of civil aircraft registered in that foreign country and employed in foreign trade or trade between the United States and any of its possessions. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9746 AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF WAR AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE PANAMA CANAL TO PERFORM CERTAIN FUNCTIONS RELATING TO THE PANAMA CANAL AND THE CANAL ZONE By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including the Canal Zone Code, approved June 19, 1934, as amended, and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. The Secretary of War is authorized to exercise the powers vested in the President by the following provisions of law: (b) Canal Zone Code, title 2, section 14 as added by section 1 of the act of July 9, 1937, ch. 470, 50 Stat. 486 (48 U. S. C. 1314a), relative to making, altering, and amending rules and regulations governing aircraft, air navigation, air-navigation facilities, and aeronautical activities within the Canal Zone. 2. The Secretary of War, after consultation with the Secretary of State, shall exercise the powers vested in the President by Canal Zone Code, title 2, section 141 (48 U. S. C. 1321), relative to making, altering, and amending rules and regulations (a) touching the right of any person to enter or remain upon or pass over any part of the Canal Zone, and (b) for the detention of any person entering the Canal Zone in violation of such rules and regulations, and the return of such person to the country whence he came. 3. The Secretary of War, after consultation with the Secretary of the Navy as to the establishment, alteration, and discontinuance of naval reservations, shall exercise so much of the powers vested in the President by Canal Zone Code, title 2, section 5, as relates to authorizing the establishment, alteration, and discontinuance of military and naval reservations in the Canal Zone. 5. The officers authorized hereunder to exercise powers of the President may exercise such powers without the necessity of any signature, approval, ratification, or other act of the President; and all officers, officials, and employees of the United States, including disbursing, accounting, and auditing officers, shall give the same effect to any acts of those authorized hereunder to exercise powers as if exercised by the President. Nothing contained in this order shall be construed to limit or restrict the right of the President to exercise any power referred to in this order. 6. All provisions of prior Executive orders and of rules and regulations promulgated under the provisions of law referred to in this order which are in effect on the date hereof and are not inconsistent with the provisions of this order shall remain in effect until superseded by action taken pursuant to the provisions of this order.1 The White House, HARRY S. TRUMAN. EXECUTIVE ORDER 9781 ESTABLISHING THE AIR COORDINATING COMMITTEE By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and in order to provide for the fullest development and coordination of the aviation policies and activities of the Federal agencies, and in the interest of the internal management of the Government, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. (a) There is hereby established the Air Coordinating Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Committee) which shall have as members one representative from each of the following-named agencies (hereinafter referred to as the participating agencies): the State, War, Post Office, Navy, and Commerce Departments and the Civil Aeronautics Board. The members shall be designated by the respective heads of the participating agencies. The President shall name one of the members as the Chairman of the Committee. The Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall designate a representative of the Bureau as a non-voting member of the Committee. (b) Each officer or body authorized under subparagraph 1 (a) hereof to designate a member of the Committee shall also designate one or more alternate members, as may be necessary. (c) The Committee shall establish procedures to provide for participation, including participation in voting, by a representative of any agency not named in subparagraph 1 (a) hereof in connection with such aviation matters as are of substantial interest to that agency. 2. The Committee shall examine aviation problems and developments affecting more than one participating agency; develop and recommend integrated policies to be carried out and actions to be taken by the participating agencies or by any other Government agency charged with responsibility in the aviation field; and, to the extent permitted by law, coordinate the aviation activities of such agencies except activities relating to the exercise of quasi-judicial functions. 3. The Committee shall consult with Federal interagency boards and committees concerned in any manner with aviation activities; and consult with the representatives of the United States to the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization or to the permanent successor thereof and recommend to the Department of State general policy directives and instructions for the guidance of the said representatives. 4. The Committee, after obtaining the views of the head of each agency concerned, shall submit to the President, together with the said views, (a) such of the Committee's recommendations on aviation 135 C. F. R. 5.71 pursuant to the above order supersedes E. O. 5047, Feb. 18, 1929 ; E. 0. 8251, Sept. 12, 1939; E. O. 8271, Oct. 16, 1939. |