Executive Order 10293—Amending Executive Order No. 10276 with Respect to the Administration of Title I of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as Amended

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, including section 208(a) of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, it is ordered that paragraph 1(b) of Executive Order No. 10276 of July 31, 1951 (16 F.R. 7535) shall be, and it is hereby, amended, effective as of the effective date of the said Executive Order No. 10276, to read as follows:

"(b) All powers duties, and functions conferred upon the President by Title I of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, exclusive of section 4(e) thereof, as amended, shall be administered through the aforesaid Economic Stabilization Agency and may be exercised and performed by the Economic Stabilization Administrator or, subject to his direction and control, by such officers and agencies of the Economic Stabilization Agency as the said Administrator shall designate: Provided, That so much of the said powers, duties, and functions as consists of granting exceptions to the provisions of section 4 of Title I of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, and to any regulations issued pursuant thereto, for persons engaged in national defense activities shall be exercised and performed in such consultation with the Housing and Home Finance Administrator or his representative as the Economic Stabilization Administrator and the Housing and Home Finance Administrator shall from time to time jointly determine."

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

September 27, 1951