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1947 Harry S. Truman Executive Orders view all Presidential Documents

In 1947, Harry S. Truman signed 103 Executive orders (from EO 9818 through EO 9918).

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Executive Order Disposition Tables

Disposition Tables contain information about Presidential Documents beginning with those signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and are arranged according to Presidential administration and year of signature. The tables are compiled and maintained by the Office of the Federal Register editors.

EO 9918:
EO 9916:
Amendment of Executive Order No. 6868 of October 9, 1934, as Amended, Designating Members of the National Capital Housing Authority

Amends: EO 6868, October 9, 1934
See: EO 9344, May 21, 1943 ; EO 11401, March 13, 1968; EO 11571, December 8, 1970

EO 9915:
Delegating to the Secretary of Agriculture the Authority Vested in the President by Section 4 (b) of the Joint Resolution Approved December 30, 1947

Amends: EO 9280, December 5, 1942; EO 9322, March 26, 1943; EO 9334, April 19, 1943; EO 9577, June 29, 1945
See: EO 9919, January 3, 1948
Note: Authority Expired

EO 9914:
Providing for the Administration of the Foreign Aid Act of 1947

Amended by: EO 9960, May 19, 1948
Revoked by: EO 10338, April 4, 1952

EO 9913:
Terminating the Office of Scientific Research and Development and Providing for the Completion of its Liquidation

Amends: EO 9389, October 18, 1943
Supersedes: EO 8807, June 28, 1941

EO 9912:
Establishing the Interdepartmental Committee on Scientific Research and Development

Revoked by: EO 10807, March 13, 1959
See: EO 10096, January 23, 1950

EO 9911:
Designating the International Cotton Advisory Committee as a Public International Organization Entitled To Enjoy Certain Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities

Amends: EO 9698, February 19, 1946; EO 9751, July 11, 1946; EO 9823, January 24, 1947; EO 9863, May 31, 1947; EO 9887, August 22, 1947
Amended by: EO 9972, June 25, 1948; EO 10025, December 30, 1948

EO 9910:
Creating an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between the Georgia Railroad and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen

Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 9908:
Reservation of Source Material in Certain Lands Owned by the United States

Revokes: EO 9701, March 4, 1946
Revoked by: EO 10596, February 15, 1955

EO 9907:
Excusing Federal Employees From Duty One-Half Day on December 24, 1947

EO 9905:
Designating the Membership of the National Security Resources Board and Defining the Functions, Duties, and Authority of the Chairman of the Board

Amended by: EO 9931, February 19, 1948

EO 9904:
Amending Paragraph 8 of Executive Order No. 9635 of September 29, 1945, Prescribing the Order of Succession of Officers Authorized To Act as Secretary of the Navy

Amends: EO 9635, September 29, 1945
Revoked by: EO 10123, April 20, 1950

EO 9903:
Termination of Duty-Free Admission of War Materials Purchased by Certain Agencies

See: EO 9177, May 30, 1942; EO 9495, October 30, 1944; EO 9768, August 9, 1946

EO 9902:
Establishing a Seal for the Department of the Air Force

EO 9901:
Appointment of James P. Davis, Director, Division of Territories and Island Possessions, Department of the Interior, as Administrator of the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration

Amends: EO 7057, May 28, 1935; EO 7180, September 6, 1935; EO 7689, August 12, 1937
See: EO 7554, February 17, 1937

EO 9900:
Creating an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between the Railway Express Agency, Inc., and Certain of its Employees

Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 9898:
Suspension of the Eight-Hour Law as to Laborers and Mechanics Employed by the Departments of the Army and the Air Force on Certain Public Works

Supersedes: EO 9290, December 28, 1942
Amended by: EO 9926, January 17, 1948
Extended by: EO 9974, July 1, 1948; EO 10064, June 30, 1949; EO 10135, June 30, 1950
Superseded by: EO 10251, June 7, 1951

EO 9897:
Amendments to Regulations Relating to Commissioned Officers and Employees of the Public Health Service

Amends: EO 9655, November 14, 1945
Revoked by: EO 9993, August 31, 1948

EO 9896:
Display of the Flag of the United States at Half-Mast To Honor the Return of World War II Dead from Overseas

EO 9895:
Exemption of Certain Officers of the Executive Branch of the Government from Compulsory Retirement for Age

EO 9894:
Discontinuing the San Clemente Island Naval Defensive Sea Area

See: EO 7747, November 20, 1937 ; EO 8536, September 6, 1940; EO 9787, October 5, 1946

EO 9892:
EO 9891:
Creating an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between the Railway Express Agency, Inc., and Certain of its Employees

Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 9890:
Amending Executive Order No. 6783 the Creating Quetico-Superior Committee

Amends: EO 6783, June 30, 1934
Superseded by: EO 11342, April 10, 1967
See: EO 10589, January 15, 1955

EO 9889:
Restricting Competition to Veterans in Examination for the Position of Substitute Railway Postal Clerk

EO 9888:
Suspending Certain Statutory Provisions Relating to Employment in the Canal Zone

See: EO 9999, September 14, 1948; EO 10040, February 21, 1949

EO 9887:
Designating Public International Organizations Entitled To Enjoy Certain Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities

Amends: EO 9698, February 19, 1946; EO 9751, July 11, 1946; EO 9823, January 24, 1947; EO 9863, May 31, 1947
Amended by: EO 9911, December 19, 1947; EO 9972, June 25, 1948; EO 10025, December 30, 1948
Revoked by: EO 10832, August 18, 1959

EO 9886:
Amending Executive Order No. 9492, as Amended, Prescribing Regulations Governing Non-Military and Non-Naval Transportation on Army and Navy Air Transports

Amends: EO 9492, October 24, 1944
See: EO 9629, September 25, 1945; EO 9714, April 20, 1946; EO 9792, October 23, 1946; EO 9840, April 22, 1947; EO 9867, June 23, 1947

EO 9885:
Designation of the Assistant Secretaries of Commerce and Solicitor of Commerce To Act as Secretary of Commerce

Supersedes: EO 8541, September 17, 1940
Superseded by: EO 10148, August 5, 1950

EO 9884:
Restoring Certain Land to the Jurisdiction of the Territory of Hawaii

EO 9883:
EO 9881:
Discontinuing the Palmyra Island Naval Airspace Reservation and the Palmyra Island Naval Defensive Sea Area

Amends: EO 8682, February 14, 1941

EO 9880:
Creating an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between the River Terminal Railway Company and Certain of its Employees

Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 9879:
EO 9878:
Creating an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis and Certain of its Employees

Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 9877:
Functions of the Armed Forces

Revoked by: EO 9950, April 21, 1948
See: EO 10007, October 15, 1948

EO 9875:
Providing an Interim Administration for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

Revoked by: EO 10265, June 28, 1951
See: EO 11021, May 7, 1962

EO 9872:
Amendment of Executive Order No. 7658, Restoring to the Territory of Hawaii a Portion of the Fort De Russy Military Reservation

Amends: EO 7658, July 15, 1937

EO 9871:
Regulations Governing the Granting of Allowances for Quarters and Subsistence to Enlisted Men of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, and Per Diem Allowances to Members of Such Services and Coast and Geodetic Survey and Public Health Service on Duty Outside the Continental United States or in Alaska

Supersedes: EO 9386, October 15, 1943; EO 9744-C, June 29, 1946; EO 9825, January 30, 1947
Amended by: EO 9976, July 12, 1948; EO 10061, June 2, 1949
See: EO 9561, June 1, 1945; Transfer Order 25 of the Secretary of Defense dated October 14, 1948 (13 FR 6270)

EO 9870:
Regulations Pertaining to the Granting of and Accounting for Certain Foreign Service Allowances and Allotments

Provisions extended by: EO 9982, July 29, 1948
Revoked by: EO 10011, October 22, 1948

EO 9867:
Amending Executive Order No. 9492, as Amended, Prescribing Regulations Governing Non-Military and Non-Naval Transportation on Army and Navy Air Transports

Amends: EO 9492, October 24, 1944
See: EO 9629, September 25, 1945; EO 9714, April 20, 1946; EO 9792, October 23, 1946; EO 9840, April 22, 1947; EO 9886, August 22, 1947

EO 9866:
Designation of Officers To Act as Secretary of the Interior

Supersedes: EO 9432, March 28, 1944
Superseded by: EO 10156, August 26, 1950

EO 9865:
Providing for the Protection Abroad of Inventions Resulting From Research Financed by the Government

Amended by: EO 10096, January 23, 1950 ; EO 10930, March 24, 1961
See: EO 9568, June 8, 1945; EO 9604, August 25, 1945; EO 9809, December 12, 1946

EO 9864:
EO 9863:
Designating Public International Organizations Entitled To Enjoy Certain Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities

Amends: EO 9698, February 19, 1946; EO 9751, July 11, 1946; EO 9823, January 24, 1947
See: EO 9887,August 22, 1947; EO 9911, December 19, 1947; EO 9972, June 25, 1948; EO 10025, December 30, 1948

EO 9862:
Providing for the Transfer of Personnel to the American Mission for Aid to Greece and the American Mission for Aid to Turkey

Revoked by: EO 10338, April 4, 1952
See: EO 9721, May 31, 1947; Transfer Order 40 of the Secretary of Defense dated July 22, 1949 (14 FR 4908)

EO 9861:
Restoring Certain Lands of the Fort Armstrong Military Reservation to the Use of the Territory of Hawaii

Amends: EO 2323, February 21, 1916; EO 2335, March 6, 1916
See: Proclamation 427, Nov. 22, 1898 ; Proclamation 442, Nov. 10, 1899

EO 9860:
Restoring Certain Land, and Granting an Easement in Certain Other Land, to the Territory of Hawaii

Amends: EO 3358, November 24, 1920

EO 9859:
Revoking Executive Order No. 9196 of July 9, 1942

Revokes: EO 9196, July 9, 1942

EO 9857-B:
Amendment of Executive Order No. 9734 of June 6, 1946, Establishing the President's Certificate of Merit

Amends: EO 9734, June 6, 1946
See: Transfer Order 40 of the Secretary of Defense dated July 22, 1949 (14 FR 4908)

EO 9857-A:
Medal for Merit

Amends: EO 9637, October 3, 1945
See: Transfer Order 30 of the Secretary of Defense dated December 10, 1948 (13FR 8163)

EO 9857:
Regulations for Carrying Out the Provisions of the Act Entitled "An Act To Provide for Assistance to Greece and Turkey"

Revoked by: EO 10338, April 4, 1952

EO 9855:
Creating a Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between the Bingham and Garfield Railway Company and Certain of its Employees

Revoked by: EO 12553, February 25, 1986

EO 9851:
Adding Certain Lands to the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway

EO 9850:
Amendment of Executive Order No. 9460 of August 7, 1944, Prescribing Regulations Relating to Glider Flights by Personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard

Amends: EO 9460, August 7, 1944
See: Transfer Order 40 of the Secretary of Defense dated July 22, 1949 ( 14 FR 4908)

EO 9849:
Suspension of Eight-Hour Law as to Work by the Alaska Railroad, Department of the Interior

EO 9848:
Disposal of Certain Foreign Merchant Vessels

See: EO 8771, June 6, 1941; EO 8881, September 2, 1941

EO 9847:
Liquidation of the Solid Fuels Administration for War

Revokes: EO 9332, April 19, 1943

EO 9846:
Amendment of Executive Order No. 9195 of July 7, 1942, Prescribing Regulations Relating to Aerial Flights by Personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and National Guard

Amends: EO 9195, July 7, 1942
See: Transfer Order 40 of the Secretary of Defense dated July 22, 1949 (14 FR 4908)

EO 9845:
Amendment of Executive Order No. 9 of January 17, 1873, Relating to the Holding of State or Local Offices by Federal Officers and Employees

Amends: EO 9, January 17, 1873
Revoked by: EO 11408, April 25, 1968 (in part)

EO 9844:
Designating the United States Mission to the United Nations and Providing for its Direction and Administration

Superseded by: EO 10108, February 9, 1950

EO 9842:
Conduct of Certain Litigation Arising Under Wartime Legislation

See: EO 9784, September 25, 1946

EO 9841:
Termination of the Office of Temporary Controls

Revokes: EO 9705, March 15, 1946
See: Transfer Order 40 of the Secretary of Defense dated July 22, 1949 (14 FR 4908)

EO 9840:
Amending Executive Order No. 9492, as Amended, Prescribing Regulations Governing Non-Military and Non-Naval Transportation on Army and Navy Air Transports

Amends: EO 9492, October 24, 1944
See: EO 9629, September 25, 1945; EO 9714, April 20, 1946; EO 9792, October 23, 1946; EO 9867, June 23, 1947; EO 9886, August 22, 1947

EO 9837:
Regulations Governing the Transfer of Leave Between the Foreign Service and Other Government Agencies

Revoked by: EO 12292, February 23, 1981

EO 9836:
EO 9835:
Prescribing Procedures for the Administration of an Employees Loyalty Program in the Executive Branch of the Government

Revokes: EO 9300, February 5, 1943
Amended by: EO 10241, April 28, 1951
Revoked by: EO 10450, April 27, 1953
See: Presidential Directive of March 13, 1948 (13 FR 1359); Transfer Order 19 of the Secretary of Defense dated July 23, 1948 (13 FR 4419) ; EO 10031, January 26, 1949; EO 10280, August 16, 1951; EO 10422, January 9, 1953; EO 11605, July 2, 1971; EO 11785, June 4, 1974

EO 9834:
Regulations Governing the Payment of Expenses of Transportation of Civilian Officers and Employees Transferred Incident to the Return of Departmental Functions to the Seat of Government

Revokes: EO 9739, June 20, 1946
See: EO 9805, November 25, 1946; Transfer Order 40 of the Secretary of Defense dated July 22, 1949 (14 FR 4908)

EO 9832:
Prescribing Procedures for the Administration of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Program

Revoked by: EO 10004, October 5, 1948

EO 9831:
Abolishing the Board of War Communications

Revokes: EO 8546, September 24, 1940; EO 8960, December 6, 1941; EO 8964, December 10, 1941; EO 9089, March 6, 1942; EO 9183, June 15, 1942

EO 9830:
Amending the Civil Service Rules and Providing for Federal Personnel Administration

Revokes: EO 279, November 29, 1904; EO 283, December 8, 1904; EO 294, December 12, 1904; EO 314, March 30, 1905; EO 458, June 13, 1906; EO 715, November 22, 1907; EO 983, November 30, 1908; EO 1065, April 21, 1909; EO 1153, January 12, 1910; EO 2357, April 11, 1916; EO 3108, June 30, 1919; EO 3278-A, June 2, 1920; EO 4523, October 18, 1926; EO 5924, September 20, 1932; EO of Feb. 19, 1934 (unnumbered series); EO 7915, June 24, 1938; EO 7916, June 24, 1938; EO 7975-A, September 16, 1938; EO 8083, April 10, 1939
Amended by: EO 9961, May 19, 1948; EO 9973, June 28, 1948; EO 10440, March 31, 1953
Revoked by: EO 10577, November 22, 1954 (in part); EO 12107, December 28, 1978 (in part)

EO 9829:
Extension of the Provisions of Executive Order No. 9177 of May 30, 1942, to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

See: EO 9177, May 30, 1942

EO 9828:
Transferring the Surplus Property Office of the Department of the Interior to the War Assets Administration

EO 9826:
EO 9825:
Amending Executive Order No. 9386 of October 15, 1943, Prescribing Regulations Governing the Granting of Allowances for Quarters and Subsistence to Enlisted Men

Amends: EO 9386, October 15, 1943
Superseded by: EO 9871, July 8, 1947

EO 9824:
EO 9823:
Designating Public International Organizations Entitled To Enjoy Certain Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities

Supplements: EO 9698, February 19, 1946; EO 9751, July 11, 1946
Supplemented by: EO 9863, May 31, 1947; EO 9887, August 22, 1947; EO 9911, December 19, 1947; EO 9972, June 25, 1948; EO 10025, December 30, 1948
Revoked by: EO 10083, October 19, 1949 (in part)

EO 9822:
Disposal of Certain Finnish Merchant Vessels to the Former Owners Thereof

See: EO 8771, June 6, 1941

EO 9821:
EO 9820:
Segregation of the Functions of the Housing Expediter from the Functions of the National Housing Administrator

See: EO 9070, February 24, 1942

EO 9818:
Establishing the Philippine Alien Property Administration and Defining Its Functions

Amends: EO 9142, April 21, 1942
Supersedes: EO 9789, October 14, 1946
See: EO 9095, March 11, 1942; EO 9142, April 21, 1942; EO 9725, May 16, 1946; EO 9747, July 3, 1946; EO 9876, July 24, 1947; EO 10254, June 15, 1951