Executive Order 9840—Amending Executive Order No. 9492, as Amended, Prescribing Regulations Governing Non-Military and Non-Naval Transportation of Army and Navy Air Transports

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States and as President of the United States and Commanded in Chief of the Army and Navy of the Untied States, it is ordered that Executive Order No. 9492 of October 24, 1944, as amended by Executive Orders No. 9629 of September 25, 1945, No. 9714, of April 20, 1946, and No. 9792 of October 23, 1946, prescribing regulations governing non-military and non-naval transportation of Army and Navy air transports, be, and it is hereby, further amended by substituting the words "two years and eight months" for the words "two and one-half years."

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

April 22, 1947