Executive Order 10324—Amending Executive Order No. 10161 of September 9, 1950, with Respect to the Definitions of "Solid Fuels" and "Domestic Transportation, Storage, and Port Facilities"

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. Paragraphs (e) and (k) of section 901 of Executive Order No. 10161 of September 9, 1950 (15 F.R. 6105; 3 CFR, 1950 Supp., p. 123), as amended, are hereby amended to read as follows:

"(e) The term 'solid fuels' shall mean all forms of anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, and lignitic coals; coke; and coal chemicals."

"(k) The term 'domestic transportation, storage, and port facilities' shall include locomotives, cars, motor vehicles, watercraft used on inland waterways, in harbors and on the Great Lakes, and other vehicles, vessels, and all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage, irrespective of ownership, and all services in or in connection with the carriage of persons or property in intrastate, interstate, or foreign commerce within the United States, its Territories and possessions, and the District of Columbia, except movement of petroleum and gas by pipeline; and warehouses, piers, docks, wharves, loading and unloading equipment, and all other structures and facilities used in connection with the transshipment of persons and property between domestic carriers and carriers engaged in coastwise, intercoastal, and overseas transportation."

SEC 2. To the extent that provisions of any prior Executive order are inconsistent with the provisions of this order, the latter shall control, and any such prior provisions are amended accordingly. All orders, regulations, rulings, certificates, directives, and other actions relating to any function affected by this order shall remain in effect except as they are inconsistent herewith or are hereafter amended or revoked under proper authority.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

February 6, 1952