Executive Order 6742—Authorization of Special Committee Investigating the Munitions Industry, United States Senate, 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 Special Committee Investigating the Munitions Industry, United States Senate, authorized by Senate Resolution 206, Seventy-third Congress, to investigate the manufacture of and traffic in arms, munitions, and other implements of war, 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 dates of October 18, 1933, and May 21, 1934, and as further amended this date.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
June 15, 1934.