List of executive actions by Harry S. Truman

Executive orders

1945 Relative Absolute Title / Description Date signed19538Authorizing Certification for Probational Appointment of Persons Who Lost Opportunity for Probational Appointment Because of Entry Into the Armed ForcesApril 13, 194529539Reinstating Avra M. Warren in the Foreign Service of the United StatesApril 13, 194539540Authorizing the Petroleum Administrator To Take Possession of and To Operate the Plants and Facilities of the Cities Service Refining Corporation, Located in and Around Lake Charles, LouisianaApril 17, 194549541Transferring the Office of Surplus Property of the Procurement Division of the Department of the Treasury to the Department of CommerceApril 19, 194559542Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy To Take Possession of and To Operate the Plants and Facilities of the United Engineering Company, Ltd., Located at San Francisco, CaliforniaApril 23, 194569543Designating the Reconstruction Finance Corporation as the Agency To Act With Respect to Certain Bonds, Notes, and Other Securities Acquired on Behalf of the United States Under the Provisions of the Transportation Act, 1920April 23, 194579544Authorizing and Directing the Secretary of War To Assume Full Control of a Certain AirportApril 25, 194589545Restoring Certain Lands Comprising Part of the Aiea Military Reservation to the Use of the Territory of HawaiiApril 27, 194599546Inspection by the Federal Security Agency of Statistical Transcript Punch Cards Prepared From Individual Income Tax ReturnsMay 1, 1945109547Providing for Representation of the United States in Preparing and Prosecuting Charges of Atrocities and War Crimes Against the Leaders of the European Axis Powers and Their Principal Agents and AccessoriesMay 2, 1945119548Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior To Take Possession of and To Operate Certain Coal MinesMay 3, 1945129549Designation of Mrs. Ruth W. Talley and Mrs. Alice B. Grove To Sign Land PatentsMay 8, 1945139550Regulations Relating to Aerial Flights by Personnel of the Coast and Geodetic SurveyMay 10, 1945149551Providing for the Transfer to the Republic of Panama of the Water and Sewerage Systems Installed by the United States in the Cities of Panama and ColonMay 16, 1945159552Authorizing the Secretary of War To Take Possession of and Operate the Plants and Facilities of the Cocker Machine and Foundry Company, Located at Gastonia, North CarolinaMay 19, 1945169553Creating an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between the River Terminal Railway Company and Its EmployeesMay 22, 1945179554Possession and Operation of Property of Motor Carriers in and About the City of Chicago, IllinoisMay 23, 1945189555Creating an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between the Illinois Central Railroad and Its EmployeesMay 24, 1945199556Providing for the Exercise of Certain Functions, Duties, and Powers of the President With Respect to Certain Court Martial Cases by the Secretary of War, the Under Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy and the Under Secretary of the NavyMay 26, 1945209557Amendment of Executive Order 9210 of August 1, 1942, Prescribing Regulations Governing the Payment of Additional Compensation to Enlisted Men of the Navy and Coast Guard Specially Qualified in the Use of ArmsMay 26, 1945219558Reinstating Certain Foreign Service OfficersMay 26, 1945229559Authorizing the Secretary of War To Take Possession of and Operate the Plants and Facilities of the Gaffney Manufacturing Company, Located at Gaffney, South CarolinaMay 28, 1945239560Authorizing the Secretary of War To Take Possession of and Operate the Plants and Facilities of the Mary-Leila Cotton Mills, Inc., Located at Greensboro, GeorgiaJune 1, 1945249561Amending Executive Order No. 9386 of October 15, 1943, Prescribing Regulations Governing the Granting of Allowances for Quarters and Subsistence To Enlisted MenJune 1, 1945259562Termination of the Office of Civilian DefenseJune 4, 1945269563Amendment of Rule 46 of Executive Order No. 4314 of September 25, 1925, Establishing Rules Governing Navigation of the Panama Canal and Adjacent WatersJune 4, 1945279564Authorizing the Petroleum Administrator To Take Possession of and Operate the Plants and Facilities of the Humble Oil and Refining Company Located in Ingleside, TexasJune 5, 1945289565Authorizing the Petroleum Administrator To Take Possession of and Operate the Plants and Facilities at Cabin Creek Oil Field of the Pure Oil Company, Located at Dawes, West VirginiaJune 5, 1945299566Revocation of Executive Order 9090 of March 6, 1942, Establishing an Airspace Reservation Over Portions of Ulster and Dutchess Counties, New YorkJune 5, 1945309567Amending Executive Order No. 9095, as Amended by Executive Order No. 9193, To Define Further the Functions and Duties of the Alien Property Custodian With Respect to Property of Germany and Japan and Nationals ThereofJune 8, 1945319568Providing for the Release of Scientific InformationJune 8, 1945329569Inspection by the Office of Price Administration of Corporation Statistical Transcript Cards Prepared From Income and Declared Value Excess Profits Tax Returns June 14, 1945339570Possession and Operation of the Transportation System, Plants, and Facilities of the Scranton Transit Company Located in and About the City of Scranton, PennsylvaniaJune 14, 1945349571Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior To Acquire and Dispose of Certain PropertyJune 15, 1945359572Possession, Control, and Operation of Toledo, Peoria & Western RailroadJune 15, 1945369573Creating an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between the Georgia and Florida Railroad and Its EmployeesJune 16, 1945379574Authorizing the Secretary of War To Take Possession of and Operate the Plants and Facilities of the Diamond Alkali Company, Located in or Around Painesville, Ohio June 18, 1945389575Declaring the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service To Be a Military Service and Prescribing Regulations Therefore,June 21, 1945399576Creating an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between the Erie Railroad Company and Its EmployeesJune 28, 1945409577Terminating the War Food Administration and Transferring Its Functions to the Secretary of AgricultureJune 29, 1945419577-AAuthorizing the Petroleum Administrator To Take Possession of and Operate the Plants and Facilities of the Texas Company Located in or Around Port Arthur, TexasJuly 1, 1945429578Approving Regulations of the Civil Service Commission Under the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945June 30, 1945439579Amendment of Executive Order No. 8937 of November 7, 1941 Extending the Period of Eligibility on Civil Service Registers or Lists of Persons Who Serve in the Armed Forces of the United StatesJune 30, 1945449580Amendment of Executive Order No. 1888 of February 2, 1914, Relating to Conditions of Employment in the Service of the Panama Canal and the Panama Railroad Company on the Isthmus of Panama, as AmendedJune 30, 1945459581Amending Executive Order No. 9299 of February 4, 1943, To Give the Territorial War Labor Board for the Territory of Hawaii Jurisdiction Over Voluntary Wage and Salary Adjustments of Employees in the Territory of Hawaii Subject to the Railway Labor ActJune 30, 1945469582Restoring Land to the Territory of Hawaii for Aeronautical Purposes, and Reserving Land for Military PurposesJune 30, 1945479583Amendment of Executive Order 9356 of June 24, 1943, Prescribing Regulations Governing the Furnishing of Clothing in Kind or Payment of Cash Allowances in Lieu Thereof to Enlisted Personnel of the Navy, the Coast Guard, the Naval Reserve, and the Coast Guard ReserveJuly 2, 1945489584Suspending Certain Statutory Provisions Relating to Employment in the Canal ZoneJuly 3, 1945499585Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy To Take Possession of and Operate the Plants and Facilities of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Inc., Located at Akron, OhioJuly 4, 1945509586The Medal of FreedomJuly 6, 1945519587Amending Executive Order 8588 Entitled Prescribing Regulations Governing the Payment of Expenses of Transportation of Household Goods and Personal Effects of Certain Civilian Officers and Employees of the United States and Prescribing Regulations Governing the Payment of Expenses of Transportation of the Immediate Family of Civilian Officers and Employees of the GovernmentJuly 6, 1945529588Creating an Emergency Board To Investigate the Disputes Between the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad Company and the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railroad Company and Their EmployeesJuly 6, 1945539589Restricting Competition in Certain Civil Service Examinations to VeteransJuly 16, 1945549589-AAuthorizing the Petroleum Administrator To Take Possession of and Operate the Butadiene Plant Operated by Sinclair Rubber, Inc., at Houston, TexasJuly 19, 1945559590Establishing Certain Awards for the Coast and Geodetic SurveyJuly 21, 1945569591Amending the Foreign Service Regulations of the United StatesJuly 21, 1945579592Extension of the Provisions of Executive Order No. 9001 of December 27, 1941, to Contracts of the Office of War Information and the Office of Alien Property CustodianJuly 21, 1945589592-AAmendment of Executive Order No. 9400 of December 3, 1943, Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy To Take Possession of and Operate the Shipyard of the Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation at Los Angeles, CaliforniaJuly 23, 1945599593Authorizing the Secretary of War To Take Possession of and Operate the Plants and Facilities of the Springfield Plywood Corporation, Located at Springfield, OregonJuly 25, 1945609594Designating the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, as a Member of the Federal Fire Council in Lieu of the Quartermaster GeneralJuly 28, 1945619595Authorizing the Secretary of War To Take Possession of and Operate the Plants and Facilities of the United States Rubber Company, Located in or Around Detroit, MichiganJuly 30, 1945629596Revoking Executive Order No. 9528 Which Provides a Change in the Order of Succession of Officers To Act as Secretary of the NavyAugust 13, 1945639597Amending Executive Order No. 9240 Entitled ``Regulations Relating to Overtime Wage CompensationAugust 14, 1945649598Modifying the Conditions Upon Which a Classified Status May Be GrantedAugust 17, 1945659599Providing for Assistance To Expand Production and Continued Stabilization of the National Economy During the Transition From War to Peace, and for the Orderly Modification of Wartime Controls Over Prices, Wages, Materials, and FacilitiesAugust 18, 1945669600Amending Executive Order No. 9240 Entitled ``Regulations Relating to Overtime Wage CompensationAugust 18, 1945679601Revocation of Executive Order 9240, as Amended, Entitled ``Regulations Relating to Overtime CompensationAugust 21, 1945689602Possession, Control, and Operation of the Transportation System, Plants, and Facilities of the Illinois Central Railroad CompanyAugust 23, 1945699603Termination of Possession of Certain Property Taken by the GovernmentAugust 25, 1945709604Providing for the Release of Scientific Information (Extension and Amendment of Executive Order No. 9568)August 25, 1945719605Revoking Paragraph 4 of Executive Order No. 9279 of December 5, 1943, So As To Permit Voluntary Enlistments in the Armed ForcesAugust 29, 1945729606Adopting and Ratifying the Capture of the German Motor Vessel ``CaribiaAugust 29, 1945739607Revoking Executive Order 9301 of February 9, 1943, Establishing a Minimum Wartime Workweek of Forty-Eight HoursAugust 30, 1945749608Providing for the Termination of the Office of War Information, and for the Disposition of Its Functions and of Certain Functions of the Office of Inter-American AffairsAugust 31, 1945759609Authorizing the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics To Acquire and Dispose of PropertySeptember 5, 1945769610Authorizing the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs To Acquire and Dispose of PropertySeptember 6, 1945779611Reestablishing the advisory board on Just CompensationSeptember 10, 1945789612Amending Executi