Executive Order 10456—Delegating to Secretary of Defense and the Director of Defense Mobilization Certain Functions Relating to Critical Defense Housing Areas

By virtue of the authority vested in the President by section 208 (a) of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, and by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, I hereby delegate all powers, duties, and functions conferred upon the President by section 204 (f) (5) (B) of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended by section 5 (a) of the Housing and Rent Act of 1953 (Public Law 23, 83d Congress), relating to critical defense housing areas, to the Secretary of Defense and the Director of Defense Mobilization, who shall act jointly in the exercise or performance of such powers, duties, and functions.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE,

May 27, 1953.