Executive Order 9444—Inspection of Income, Excess-Profits, Declared Value Excess-Profits, and Capital Stock Tax Returns by the Special Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives

By virtue of the authority vested in me by provisions of law enumerated in Executive Order No. 9281 issued December 9, 1942, relating to the inspection of certain income, excess-profits, declared value excess-profits, and capital stock tax returns by the Special Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of House Resolution 420 (Seventy-seventh Congress, second session), passed March 11, 1942, it is hereby ordered that the returns described in such Executive Order shall be open to inspection by the Special Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of House Resolution 65, passed February 10, 1943 (Seventy-eighth Congress, first session); such inspection to be in accordance and upon compliance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury in Treasury Decision 5200, as amended by Treasury decision approved by me this date.

This order shall be published in the Federal Register.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
May 25, 1944.