Executive Order 6712—Authorization of Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives to Inspect Tax Returns

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 257 (a) of the Revenue Act of 1926 (ch. 27, 44 Stat. 9, 51), section 55 of the Revenue Act of 1928 (ch. 852, 45 Stat. 791, 809), and section 55 of the Revenue Act of 1932 (ch. 209, 47 Stat. 169, 189), it is hereby ordered that tax returns shall be open to inspection by the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives authorized by House Resolution 145, Seventy-third Congress, to investigate the conduct of equity and bankruptcy receiverships in Federal courts, such inspection to be in accordance and upon compliance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury and approved by the President under date of December 13, 1932, as amended under date of August 3, 1933, as further amended under date of October 18, 1933, and as further amended this date.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
May 21, 1934.