Executive Order 11534—Establishing the National Council on Organized Crime

WHEREAS organized crime is a problem of national scope affecting numerous cities and states;

WHEREAS the problem of organized crime presents the Nation with a major challenge calling for coordinated Federal law enforcement efforts of maximum effectiveness;

WHEREAS it is necessary to formulate a national strategy for the elimination of organized crime:

Now, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

There is hereby created a National Council on Organized Crime which shall be composed of the Attorney General, who shall be Chairman; the Secretary of the Treasury; the Secretary of Labor; the Postmaster General; the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission; the Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division; the Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division; the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement and Operations; the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy; the Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration; the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Director of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs; the Director of the United States Secret Service; the Commissioner of Customs; the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization; the Commissioner of Internal Revenue; the Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service; and the Chief of the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, Criminal Division, Department of Justice. It shall be the responsibility of the Council to formulate a national strategy for the elimination of organized crime. The Council shall meet at the call of the Attorney General.

RICHARD NIXON

The White House

June 4, 1970