Executive Order 9904—Amending Paragraph 8 of Executive Order No. 9635 of September 29, 1945, Prescribing the Order of Succession of Officers Authorized to Act as Secretary of the Navy

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, it is ordered, in the interest of the internal management of the Government, that paragraph 8 of Executive Order No. 9635 of September 29, 1945, prescribing the order of succession of the officers authorized to act as Secretary of the Navy, be, and it hereby is, amended to read:

"8. During the temporary absence of the Secretary of the Navy, the order of succession of the officers who shall act as Secretary of the Navy shall be as follows: The Under Secretary of the Navy, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and the Chief of Naval Operations."

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

November 13, 1947