Executive Order 10632—Suspension of Certain Provisions of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, as Amended, Which Relate to the Promotion of Officers of the Medical Corps and Dental Corps of the Navy

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 426 (c) of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, as amended by section 1 (h) of the act of June 30, 1951, 65 Stat. 109, it is ordered as follows:

Except as to the provision which reads,

"The number to be furnished the board in respect to the temporary promotion of officers not restricted in the performance of duty to the grades of captain and commander • • • shall be determined by the Secretary of the Navy as of the date of the convening of the board", the operation of the provisions of paragraph (2) of section 308 (b) of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 847) to the extent that such provisions are applicable to the Medical Corps and Dental Corps is hereby suspended until June 30 of the fiscal year following that in which the national emergency proclaimed by Proclamation No. 2914 of December 16, 1950, shall end.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

August 19, 1955.